Thank You Roger Lowenstein

Roger Lowenstein, the journalist who wrote the article, "Who Needs the Mortgage Interest Deduction?" in this weekend's brilliant NY Times Mag, is my hero.

No, not for his interesting and accessible analysis of the mortgage interest tax deduction, though I do thank him for that.

His article managed to be witty from time to time, but the best line was this (my emphasis):

Donald Trump, who knows everything, said that eliminating the deduction would result in "a total catastrophe" for the U.S. economy.

That just made my night.