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Default I'll give him four years -he won't get reelected...

On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:27:15 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:

BTW, just for giggles, (well, maybe not just for giggles) I drafted up a
simple suggestive proposal, expanded and clarified the concept slightly, and
emailed it to Obama's transition team charged with economic matters.


I liked it, although I'd take it one step further.

To wit: back date a capital gains tax reduction on real estate - like
zero or reduction to 2-3 percent. Date it back to 2005.

That would be a real stimulus - not the phoney baloney one we had six
months ago.

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