The Serious Side of Deficit Reduction

The Perilous Politics Of The Health Insurance Tax Break : Shots - Health News : NPR

When it comes to dealing with tax expenditures the two gorillas in the room are the home interest deduction and the exclusion of taxation on health care benefits.  These two have enough money in them to knock a huge hole in the budget deficit.  Rather than put the burden on the poor perhaps we should look at these two things that allow income to go untaxed.