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Earl Blumenauer: “But it just seems to me that one of the things that ought to be examined, if you are going to be subsidizing second…”

On the recordApril 24, 2013
But it just seems to me that one of the things that ought to be examined, if you are going to be subsidizing second homes, for instance, with a mortgage interest deduction, at a minimum, the reduction for people that are in extreme--and it is not just flood.
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Earl Blumenauer
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Suggesting examination of mortgage interest deductions for second homes in disaster-prone areas.

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