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American votershave a clear mes-sage for Congress:

“Don’t touch my mort-gage interest deduction!”However, a recent draftproposal released by theco-chairs of the NationalCommission on FiscalResponsibility and Re-form (NCFRR) threatensthis deduction that oftenprovides thousands ofdollars of tax savingseach year to Americanhomeowners.

The NCFRR — a bi-partisan commissioncreated by PresidentObama to help addressthe nation’s budgetdeficit — recommendseither eliminating themortgage interest deduc-tion altogether or se-verely limiting it amongmany other changes.

This means many home-owners could have amuch higher tax debteach year than they areused to, which couldhave a serious negativeimpact on their family’sfinancial situation.

Currently, the mort-gage interest deductionallows homeowners toreduce their taxable in-come by the amount ofinterest paid on theirhome loan each year.Homeowners can deductthe interest for up to $1million of mortgage debtand up to $100,000 ofhome equity loan debt onboth primary and sec-ondary homes that aren’trented out.

A recent nationwidesurvey of 800 likely vot-ers commissioned by theNational Association of

Home Builders (NAHB)shows that no mattertheir political party affili-ation or homeownershipstatus, Americans don’twant their mortgage in-terest deduction to betaken away.

Here are some impor-tant results of the survey:

• Homeownershipp sta-tus. Even people whoaren’t able to claim amortgage interest deduc-tion support it. Eighty-two percent of rentersand 72 percent of ownersthink tax incentives topromote homeownershipare reasonable.

• Politicall partyy affilia-tion. Sixty-nine percentof Republicans, 83 per-cent of Democrats and 70percent of Independents

think it is reasonable forthe federal governmentto provide tax incentivesto promote homeowner-ship.

• Comparisonn too othertaxx credits. An over-whelming majority ofAmericans — 81 percent— feel that the mortgageinterest deduction shouldremain in the tax code.This compares to 82 per-cent for medical ex-penses, 76 percent forstate/local taxes, and 66percent for charitable de-ductions.

Critics of the deduc-tion argue that it favorshigh-income taxpayersover lower to moderateincome earners who needit most. But according tothe Joint Committee on

Taxation, 89 percent oftaxpayers benefitingfrom the deduction makeless than $200,000 annu-ally.

Research by NAHBeconomists — using theInternal Revenue Ser-vice Statistics of Incomedata — also shows thatas a share of householdincome the biggest ben-eficiaries are youngerhouseholds, which typi-cally have large mort-gages, small amounts ofequity in their homesand growing families. Acopy of the report canbe found atwww.nahb.org/ TaxIn-centivesStudy.

Current homeownersrely on the mortgage in-terest deduction to helpoffset the costs of home-ownership each year

and prospective buyerstake the deduction intoconsideration whenchoosing homeowner-ship over renting. Anychange to the tax codethat limits or eliminatesthe deduction will nega-tively affect homeown-ership in America.

Learn more about thethreat to the mortgage in-terest tax deduction andconnect with others onFacebook at HYPER-LINK “http://www.face-book.com/SaveMyMID”www.facebook.com/SaveMyMID or contact Build-ing Industry Associationof Hawaii, ktn@biahawaii.org.

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It’s a great time to ap-preciate our good for-tune and share theholiday spirit with thosewe love. It’s also a goodtime to think about howall the holiday activitycan add extra stress onour home wiring sys-tems, and what it wouldmean if something wentwrong.

While normal day-to-day usage may be nocause for concern, con-sider the added demandon your wiring systemswhen you run cook tops,

ovens and microwaves tomake those holidayfeasts and put up decora-tive lighting to add to theseason’s magic, all whilethe football game is onthe flat screen TV andthe kids are playingvideo games in theirrooms. All of this addsup to a potential over-load of your home’s sys-tem.

No cause for worry?According to the UnitedStates Fire Administra-tion (USFA), fires occur-ring during the holidayseason claim the lives ofover 400 people, injure1,650 more, and causeover $990 million indamage each year.

“People often don’tthink of the potentialrisks when increasingtheir home’s electricityusage during the holidayseason,” says Ray Hose’,President of American

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You can cut back on the waste with every toilet flush, everytime the shower runs or each time you wash vegetables in thesink. The Environmental Protection Agency promotes waterefficiency and enhances the market for efficient products, pro-grams and practices using the WaterSense label.

Several manufacturers that actively support WaterSense aretaking the federal mandate of 1.6 gallons of water per flush toa new level. Kohler Co. has developed toilets which use onlyone gallon of water, and several models are available at the 1.28gallons-per-flush level.

Visit savewateramerica.com to take a brief quiz that willhelp determine usage and identify ways to save in your home.For each person who takes the quiz, Kohler will donate $1 inwater-saving products to Habitat For Humanity for use in theirhomes.

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