Teachers may lose tax break for school supplies

[Igel]

6. Meh.

So I deduct $250 from my gross income.

My effective tax rate is perhaps 12%. (Whatever my maximum marginal rate may be ... on paper.)

The tax deduction nets me what? $30?

I'd much, much rather that parents just sprung for a package of filler paper and a couple of pens and pencils for their kids. $2 gets you stocked for the year. I spend more than that per student because some of the neediest seem to need 4 or 5 pens or pencils per week.


(Let's not talk about the heinous antisocial crime of tax avoidance. After all, that's society subsidizing me, isn't it?)