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Re:Among the Tax Bill’s Biggest Losers: High-Income, Blue St... by refurb on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @03:40PM (#15855633)
It's still a concession to homeowners that renters don't get.

We want taxes to be fair, no?

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Re:Among the Tax Bill’s Biggest Losers: High-Income, Blue St... by rootusrootus on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @03:44PM (#15855705)
Not really. Trying to make taxes fit some arbitrary definition of fair is most of the problem. We should be looking at macro effects on our whole economy when making decisions on taxes.
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