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Old 03-25-2009, 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by GBBob
There are plenty of "rich" who wouldn't donate a penney of their money to charity no matter what the deduction...But I bet the majority of the 39% bracket that donate will continue to no matter what the loss of deductions might be. You think Bill Gates does what he does for the deduction?
I think not at all for Bill, but apparently for 1.7 to 3.5% it's a deal-breaker

My concern is that I don't think this is an appropriate place to get money for healthcare reforms, although I support some aggressive looking at and reworking of our healthcare system.

On a similar subject, apparently the Dems took 100 billion out of Obama's budget today (which matches what the Senate is doing to it)

Headlines today: stocks rising, as economic data tops forcasts. Durable good orders rising (very good news). Housing purchases of used homes up in February. February new home sales up. Mortgage applications up.
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