hung around their necks. Will be interesting to see the DNC messaging next year.

the ending of deducting college loans interest, and won't be treating forgiven tuition for grad students as earned income.

Maybe that was their real plan all along: put in some truly outrageous stuff they could then take out and present themselves as the good guys.

I have a son in grad school. The value of his forgiven tuition is in the neighborhood of $50k per year. He gets a stipend of about $18k per year which he can almost live on. But most of that would go to pay taxes if he were taxed on the tuition.

But gosh, isn't it great to know that the estate tax is going away?

since our medical expenses are $50,000+/year, but it's still a horrible bill which will have huge negative consequences for our country.

My excuse is that I have no medical expenses -- the occasional bottle of aspirin or over the counter allergy pills hardly counts -- and so hadn't paid attention. But I'm incredibly glad to learn they're keeping the medical expense deduction. It is desperately needed by too many people.

Insurance, I suspect.

are in addition to medical insurance coverage.