On the chopping block: the mortgage interest homeowners have been able to deduct, and healthcare costs of employers who cover their employees.

This from those thoughtful people who suddenly care about the deficit. People like Alan "Gore-Despising" Simpson, who now calls the healthcare deduction a "tax earmark."

After all, we've got to slash these middle-class tax breaks (= raise taxes) in order to keep from raising taxes on the wealthy (= slashing fatcats' tax breaks).

Hello, Democrats? ... Knock knock... Anybody there....??

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