Clear Headed Thinking on Mortgages

For a well reasoned piece on why liberals should support the abolition of the mortgage tax relief you should check this out: End the Mortgage-Interest Deduction! – Why the left should embrace the Bush tax commission’s most radical proposal. By Jason Furman
One of the frustrations I have with politics at the moment is the knee jerk reaction some of my fellow liberals have when someone proposes radical changes. Just because these ideas flow from Republicans does not mean that they are wrong! I doubt whether we will ever get radical tax reform, but at least we should be thoughtful about the possibilities. You never know we might even end up helping the poor if we could just stop thinking about our own situations! Isn’t that what liberals are supposed to be doing?