Re: Should we end the mortgage interest deduction?


Nosmo King wrote:
> Yes - end the mortgage interest deduction, along with the entire income tax
> structure. See www.FairTax.org for details.

There's one problem with a consumption tax: Inact it, and give the
stealing thieves in Congress a few years, and they will reinact an
income tax ON TOP of a consumption tax. Then we get screwed over in
yet another way.

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