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Jeff Merkley: “I look at the fact that we subsidize homeownership through the home mortgage interest deduction, about $100 billion a…”

On the recordSeptember 19, 2011
I look at the fact that we subsidize homeownership through the home mortgage interest deduction, about $100 billion a year, roughly.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Merkley highlights the significant subsidy for homeownership through mortgage interest deduction.

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