You might have misunderstood me. I said “too narrow,” which is not the same thing as saying that it *is* narrow, only that it could be broader and more inclusive. But ostensibly, the purpose of this deduction is to help American families mitigate some of the impact of their living expenses, and those are not exclusive…

Cool. The poor and the middle class at each other’s throats. And the rich just sit back and laugh and laugh and laugh. Way to help the cause!

The deduction, if this passes, will only benefit the wealthiest homeowners. If that ain’t you, you’re losing it.

“The biggest difference however, is now there are “only” 3 possibly 4 tax brackets vs 7 of the current setup. This wasn’t meant to burn anyone. In fact it is meant to help simplify taxes allowing individuals to save money come tax time by being able to do their own taxes.”

Don’t fall for that — while the standard deduction almost doubles, the personal exemption goes away... so a single filer who, last year, had a standard deduction + personal exemption of approximately $10,400, will now have a standard deduction of $12,000. Net gain of only $1600, but they will continue to sell it as…

Tax reform is really hard to accomplish. Tax cuts on the rich is really, really easy.

They’re doubling the standard deduction, so most people with mortgages won’t pay enough in interest to need that deduction anymore.

Would it be considered horrible to just feed chickens the eleven herbs and spices directly?

Well that’s part of the problem, though. As they state above, most of us who that deduction actually helps will no longer benefit from it. My house was tough for us to afford; still is. We had to get out of renting, though. But it’s not a multi-million dollar home and we don’t have the money to contribute large sums…

I don’t think anyone would oppose General Sherman getting his favorite team back.

Right the wrong of 1980!

Which cities, exactly, is the NHL using to hold Calgary hostage? It can’t even get its shit together in New York for the Islanders. I’m sure there are all sorts of booming metropolises lined up to beg for the Flames.

...for financing for Jeter’s next Broadway musical.

Yes, it’s a dated reference. :)

His offense was always really good. His defense was average early in his career, and then absolutely terrible in the latter half of his career because of his awful range. This wasn’t talked about much because he didn’t commit many errors (can’t make an error on a ball you can’t reach).

If I were a low-level Marlins staffer, I’d put the office phone used for trades about 5 feet to Jeter’s left. That way I’d be sure he’d never get to it.

In return he’ll get $24 worth of beads and trinkets, a food voucher for a Yankee Stadium luxury box, and a lovely Harry and David’s gift basket.

Step one: take the best shortstop on the team and plant him at third base. Replace him with a glove nailed to a tiki torch. Never stop being passive aggressive to the third baseman.

Jeter takes over Marlins, has zero baseball management experience, looks to be cutting payroll.

Yeah, I bet the guy living next door to this wouldn’t mind an HOA.

And that word is Meth.