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• A ‘great haircut’ to kick-start growth

  Mon Oct 3, 2011
  • wlockridge:

• Boehner urges debt committee to tackle taxes

  Thu Sep 15, 2011
  • I'm not sure but doesn't the M.I.D only kick in when you are take itemized deductions vs the standard deduction?

• Boehner urges debt committee to tackle taxes

  Thu Sep 15, 2011
  • close loopholes but not raise rates "closing loopholes" is going to hit the middle class a LOT harder than raising the nominal tax rates. Make no mistake: "closing loopholes" means "raising your taxes", even if the nominal rates remain unchanged.

• The housing slump is far worse than you think

  Thu Jul 14, 2011
  • "Did these cash-rich sellers leave the middle class?"

• The housing slump is far worse than you think

  Thu Jul 14, 2011
  • Vincent - "How doesn't the middle class benefit from spending less on housing?"

• The housing slump is far worse than you think

  Thu Jul 14, 2011
  • T. Bill - "I'm confident that America will correct this MID mistake and come up with something else."

• The housing slump is far worse than you think

  Thu Jul 14, 2011
  • Just wait until the Government kills the mortgage interest tax deduction (MID).  House prices will drop 30% in high-price states like California and New York.  It's funny: all the talk on the MID revolves around the increased tax burden that would result from its elimination (which is …

• Bank of America halts all U.S. foreclosures

  Fri Oct 8, 2010
  • >> Frahm said the average foreclosed borrower has not made a payment in 18 months Um... 18 months rent-free and now a moratorium on foreclosure so, what, another 18 months rent-free? 3 yrs? 5 yrs?

• Big banks see fairness issue with mortgage aid

  Tue Apr 13, 2010
  • Reducing amount borrowers owe could be seen as unfair, they tell panel Really? Ya think? It will be seen as unfair because it is unfair. Take two hypothetical homeowners who bought similar houses in the same neighborhood:

• Debate on mortgage system's future heats up

  Tue Mar 23, 2010
  • WASHINGTON - There would be no housing market today without the government. Wrong. Why are these "journalists" such economic dim bulbs? (1) Government stops supporting Fannie&Freddie, stops arfiticial rate-lowering bond purchase, kills all housing stimulus programs.