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Why Trump Should Have Ditched the Mortgage Interest Deduction
MarketWatch, Apr. 27, 2017–Jacob Passy
The mortgage-interest deduction has withstood years of criticism, despite the fact that middle-class Americans aren’t the ones getting the tax break. It’s really popular with existing homeowners. And the real-estate industry has been successful in uniting in its defense.