Matthew Desmond - When we think of entitlement programs, Social Security and Medicare immediately co...

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When we think of entitlement programs, Social Security and Medicare immediately come to mind. But by any fair standard, the holy trinity of United States social policy should also include the mortgage-interest deduction - an enormous benefit that has also become politically untouchable.

Matthew Desmond

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Wenn wir an Berechtigungsprogramme denken, fallen mir sofort die Sozialversicherung und Medicare ein. Die heilige Dreieinigkeit der Sozialpolitik der Vereinigten Staaten sollte jedoch auch den Hypothekenzinsenabzug einschließen - ein enormer Vorteil, der auch politisch unantastbar geworden ist.

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