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  • Why Ending the Mortgage Interest Deduction Would Save the Economy

    02/14/2011 2:49:47 PM PST · by fightinJAG · 82 replies
    CNBC ^ | Feb. 14, 2011 | John Carney
    Earlier today, the White House released a budget proposal that included trimming the mortgage interest deduction for taxpayers in the top income tax brackets. This is the first step in eliminating what many economists view as an expensive and inefficient housing subsidy. Unfortunately, many of the critics of the mortgage interest deduction focus on its immediate costs. If it were eliminated, it might bring in more than $2 trillion of new revenue for the government or—as I proposed this morning—allow up to $2 trillion of new tax cuts for the American people. Actually, I think getting rid of the housing...