The story so far: A panel of economists from across the political spectrum came up with a presidential platform they could all support. It was a platform that would doom any real candidate. So we created a fake one.
We tested out one of our key ideas — eliminating the mortgage-interest tax deduction — on a focus group. They hated it.
“Three quarters of your mortgage goes to interest, so if they eliminated that deduction it would be like you were throwing your money out the window every month,” someone said.
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