the whole thing is bad optics.
they are doubling the standard deduction... but proposing to eliminate tons of deductable things to pay for that...
the problem is... all those things they are eliminating ... are popular... and everyone keeps forgetting about the doubling of the standard deduction.
they would be better just doubling the standard deduction and leaving all the other deductions alone, since most people will never get to use them anyway since taking the newly doubled standard deduction will be FAR more beneficial to them.
Doubling the standard deduction but eliminating the personal exemption, if I understand correctly—which makes it something of a shell game.
the problem is... all those things they are eliminating ... are popular... and everyone keeps forgetting about the doubling of the standard deduction.
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You’re right. It rarely gets mentioned.