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Hill said in a report that the deduction, which exceeds $5 billion a year, no longer serves its intended purpose of encouraging home ownership. She believes there are more targeted, less costly ways to aid those who need the assistance, without subsidizing wealthy homeowners.

Because the mortgage deduction gives individuals too much control over their own lives. "Targeted" means top-down government control.

All governments aspire to be the Soviet Union if you let them.

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Because the mortgage deduction gives individuals too much control over their own lives.

I'd say that actually being forced to deal with government spending would induce individuals to reassert control over government spending by electing representatives who were more mindful of the link between government spending and revenue.

You know, kind of like we do at the Federal level.

(Ha ha ouch.)