I heard tonight that Obama was going to do away with mortgage and charity deductions...

[XOKCowboy]

I kid you not. A friend had just "got the news" recently that after 2009 there'd be no mortgage deduction and no deductions for charity. She's a sweet lady but totally NeoCon and of course she had no sources for her information and there was no talking her out of it.

I just smiled and changed the subject. See what we're still up against?

[AndyTiedye]

1. They Never Run Out of Slime to Fling At Us, They Can Always Make Up More!

[FreakinDJ]

2. Nice RATpubliCON Propaganda there

Obama doesn't have a Birth Certificate either

Actually he was hatched from Hilary's egg

[XOKCowboy]

4. I thought it was a pretty darn good rumor on their part..

Put it out there and see what sticks. Most people will just believe it when Beck/Hannity/Rush tells them something. It's kind of pitiful. This lady is a smart, funny lady till she talks politics.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

10. Who?

You mean Barack HUSSEIN Obama?

[chollybocker]

3. Why have actual things to worry about when you can just invent things?

[PBS Poll-435]

5. I heard that Obama was going to do away with children

Just to negate the Child Tax Credit.



Oh wait, that was just Fox News.

[dana_b]

7. yeah, he's hired this guy

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

6. He is lowering the amount the people who make over $250k can deduct.

[MiniMe]

8. He is trying to boost the housing market. Does she really think that doing

away with the mortgage deduction would help that goal?

[sandnsea]

9. Smiled and changed the subject? Why???

THAT is what we're up against.

Why did you not ask her if she makes over $250,000 a year?

[masuki bance]

11. Obama Tax Deduction Plan DOA?

-- George Stephanopoulos

To pay for half of his $634 billion health reform fund, President Barack Obama has proposed limiting itemized tax deductions -- from mortgage interest to charitable deductions -- for wealthier Americans starting in 2011.

The plan may not be dead-on-arrival -- but it is pretty close.

In my reporting across Capitol Hill today, I couldn't find any strong support for the plan.

And it's strongly opposed by several key Democrats on the key Senate Finance Committee, including chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont.

But the Obama administration is pushing back.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2009/03/obama-tax-deduc.html