Eric,   Posit?? I'm amazed YOU could make an error. And thanks for agreeing that wages have not "went up" for years that's what I said, maybe with a new tax plan they will.  And I never said I agree with the removal of the federal deduction of state and local taxes but I'm sure that will cost me much more than a lot of people, and being in the group of people the estate tax effects , most likely means you are a hard working person, not one of the 45 % of mutts that pay nothing.