re: #209 calochortus

It doesn’t strike me as a good solution. The idea was to encourage home ownership on the (I believe) unsubstantiated theory that homeowners make better citizens. The fact that the government will help pay your mortgage has probably just allowed housing prices to rise in much the same way that most families having 2 incomes did.

I’m sure there is a reasonable way to phase the deduction out, but not the political will to do it.

Remember the alpha queens from high school? Head cheerleaders, etc.

They become real estate agents. Go ahead, try to take away the deduction.