Yes, you’re getting a bigger tax refund. Your kids won’t thank you for the $3 trillion it’s adding to the deficit

New Year’s resolutions are often about being more responsible with your time, exercising, or working toward a larger goal. The value of keeping such a resolution comes when you can look back and see how far you’ve come in accomplishing what you set out to do.

Last year, Republican lawmakers set their sights on major tax legislation, and now, the results of that work will start to show up—including larger refunds for millions of taxpayers. But that doesn’t mean Congress should stop its tax reform work...