Agree 100 percent.
I should not have to subsidize another citizen’s college tuition, nor their mortgage, nor their medical expenses, nor their state income and property taxes, nor the number of children they create.
The entirety of the “itemization” deduction scheme is nothing but a way to get all of us trapped into accepting insane tax rates as normal, because the federal government “rewards” us with some special cut-out, customized to our personal spending or living habits.
Further, by what right does anybody claim that their child “deserves” to go to college? IMO, unless a HS graduate possesses an exceptional intellect, they have no business entering a college of university. Most colleges have been turned into collectives of morons, whose I.Q. barely squeaks above retardation. 60 years ago, our universities were filled with the only the brightest individuals ... Now the rolls are near 100 percent imbeciles, who cannot even point out the United States on a globe, let alone discover E=mc^2
As your fellow American I am just trying to keep as much of my hard earned money and not give it to the governement - you know, a principle of conservatism and individualism - you aren't subsidizing my children. It is the obligation of the government to recognize and respect marriage and the family as institutions created by God in anyway they can - even by the tax code if so be.
Conservatives in blue states are being orphaned by the GOP for the sake of a win. They could of just slashed all the tax rates and lowered the corporate tax rate in a one page bill - but no, they can't keep it simple because they are the party of stupid.