The fact that we might like a provision doesn't mean that a) it wasn't added to draw votes for the main provisions in the bill or b) that it's relevant to or even a plus for the bill's larger goals.

It will cost money, it's addressed at a special interest group, and the bill includes no mechanism to fund it. That's kind of a textbook definition of "pork", even if we find it tasty. (Mmm, bacon.)

BTW, I've been in the AMT morass since 2000, so no need to convince me of the problem.