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“Contrary to their assertions, the Republicans are picking winners and losers,” Jerry Howard, the chief executive of the National Association of Homebuilders, said in an interview. “They are picking rich Americans and corporations over small businesses and the middle class.”
The National Association of Realtors came out swinging against the bill, suggesting a huge fight awaits over how real estate is treated.
“Eliminating or nullifying the tax incentives for homeownership puts home values and middle-class homeowners at risk, and from a cursory examination this legislation appears to do just that,” said William E. Brown, the president of the association. “We will have additional details upon a more thorough reading of the bill.”
Mr. Howard of the homebuilders group said the bill was a broken promise.
“It puts such severe limitations on homebuyers’ ability to use the mortgage interest deduction that home values will fall,” he said.
originally posted by: carewemust
a reply to: AboveBoard
Winners find opportunities in change and take advantage of those opportunities.
Complaining, without taking action, only inflicts self-harm.
originally posted by: ttobban
a reply to: carewemust
My point is, that it should be embarrassing to voters that our economy could even talk about the idea of shutting down over butt hurt leverages between the Democrips and Rebloodlicans. Here we are in such a fragile state of economical affairs, and these shmucks are going to go home because they can't get along??? Lock them in a damn room until they come to an agreement based on citizenship for all I care... with no overtime pay... just cots and MRE's until a plan is acted on.
We had forefathers and ancestors lay their lives down for rights to vote, and the common voter is settled with the fact that their elected policy makers work on part time efforts with a full time paying gig?
Seriously... I stop looking for answers to people reacting to consequence, therefore I see it as a joke that they are even offered the chance to have a platform to fight each other back and forth. They fight endlessly... up until a 3rd party gets involved... then they're magically best friends all of a sudden. Why??? Because, they know that voters are STUPID, and will give them more shots to fail in the future.
Voters are to blame if government shuts down. Like I said, garbage in... garbage out. In this information age, we should be reading stats... not a letter next to the name.
originally posted by: AboveBoard
originally posted by: carewemust
a reply to: AboveBoard
Winners find opportunities in change and take advantage of those opportunities.
Complaining, without taking action, only inflicts self-harm.
Interesting. I'm sure you said the same thing when the ACA mandate passed for the "greater good." Right?
originally posted by: carewemust
originally posted by: AboveBoard
originally posted by: carewemust
a reply to: AboveBoard
Winners find opportunities in change and take advantage of those opportunities.
Complaining, without taking action, only inflicts self-harm.
Interesting. I'm sure you said the same thing when the ACA mandate passed for the "greater good." Right?
No...I did not. It was obvious that the ACA was going to hurt more Americans than it helped. It's getting worse and needs to be replaced, or augmented.
Source: www.chicagotribune.com...
After a frantic round of negotiations, Republicans came together in near unanimity behind the landmark legislation. The final vote was 51 to 49, with Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., the lone GOP holdout. No Democrats voted for the bill.
originally posted by: Willtell
Tax cut?
No, it’s a massive transfer of wealth from the poor and MC to the rich
ALL impartial judges of this so called tax cut say it ends up raising taxes on those earning under 75 thou and cuts massively those making over a million
originally posted by: Regnor
a reply to: obeseman
Good luck trying to sell that to anyone. The people that will be most affected, the older citizens, are the ones who have high voter turnouts.
originally posted by: yuppa
originally posted by: Regnor
a reply to: obeseman
Good luck trying to sell that to anyone. The people that will be most affected, the older citizens, are the ones who have high voter turnouts.
my ma is retired but the ACA deducts from her check. that sucks she is being forced to pay that to cover those who game the system