[Greenbuilding] ending mortgage tax deduction for houses >3, 000 square feet...

[Speireag Alden]

Sgrìobh Reuben Deumling:

>Powerful U.S. Rep. John Dingell revealed Tuesday new details of his plan to
>cut global warming, including adding a 50-cents-a-gallon tax on gasoline and
>ending the mortgage tax deduction on what he called "McMansions," homes
>larger than 3,000 square feet.

     Works for me.

     Alternatively, only permit a deduction on the value of the first 
3000 sqft, as determined by ratio of total square footage to total 
property value.

     But a straight cut-off is simpler.

>Dingell, the auto industry's staunchest defender in Washington, D.C., but a
>legislator who also has a strong environmental record, is faced with what he
>called the most difficult battle of his career, trying to persuade the
>country to accept fixes for greenhouse gases that will be unpopular and
>painful to people's wallets.

     If he can pull it off, he's a magician.  But I hope he does.

-Speireag.

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