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Maintain Home Mortgage Deduction

Strengthening the Economy > Tax Burden > Maintain Home Mortgage Deduction
We support unlimited deduction of home mortgage interest for income taxes.
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The current state of tax deductability means few middle class Americans get a meaningful homeowner tax deduction.

Unlimited home tax deductions are an indirect wealth transfer benefitting the rich. That is not a conservative value.

Homeowner tax deductions should taper off after some point. There is no pressing economic rationale to federally subsidize mansions.

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