Edward Kleinbard : Tax day is over , but many Americans are still suffering from tax shock . Yet that is the effect of the home mortgage interest deduction , because the same tax deduction is more valuable the higher your tax bracket is . Kleinbard : Why do we feel tax ##ed when our tax burdens are so low ? He says there are many reasons , including the corrosive effect of ` ` tax . '' Bush : One way to lessen pain is to re - examine the expenditures in our tax code .
Edward Kleinbard : Tax day is over , but many Americans are still suffering from tax shock . Kleinbard : Why do we feel tax ##ed when our tax burdens are so low ? He says there are many reasons , including the corrosive effect of ` ` tax . '' Bush : One way to lessen pain is to re - examine the expenditures in our tax code .