As a believer in small government, I usually favor anything that reduces taxes. But this tax break has wreaked havoc on American health care.
“All our liberties are due to [wo]men who, when their conscience has compelled them, have broken the laws of the land.”
The top or bottom 1/5/10% by income, just like the top or bottom income quintiles, are never the same people from year to year, because there is constant, dynamic turnover as we move up and down the income categories.