I knew it. Give you a nickel with one hand and take away a dime with the other. Doubling the standard deduction at the same time as eliminating the standard exemption just means that you have almost the same as before. That means they aren't giving us anything. Do they really think we are too stupid to notice? Then they want to also eliminate state and local tax deductions, and they would love to eliminate the mortgage deduction, too. How can they do that without the result being higher tax costs to the middle class? Just the same old sleight of hand, bait and switch from the GOP. Just like they have been trying to do with healthcare. The same thing Raygun did to us in the 80s.