Open Congress : Comments on S.2566 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a Federal income tax credit for certain home purchases. 2008-07-24T11:31:17Z opencongress.org tag:opencongress.org,2007:/bill/comments/48850 New comment by Anonymous 2008-07-24T11:31:17Z tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-24:/comment/35986 Anonymous Builders should be the last ones to benefit from this bill. They are the ones that helped get us into this situation along with shady financial practices (ie. Countrywide). Forclosures and such should get a break, but the houses that are just on the market to be sold should get a break, too. I paid extra points to get an awesome fixed interest rate. Home buyers need to educate themselves before they sign papers. New comment by Anonymous 2008-03-30T11:56:16Z tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-30:/comment/3831 Anonymous Why does it take anything as urgent as this bill so long to get a vote? Just like the water crisis we are facing in Georgia, no progress...congress is rediculious. New comment by Hawke 2008-04-12T15:11:42Z tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-12:/comment/5392 Hawke Let the market correct itself... I don't want to be kicking myself for turning down an ARM I know I couldn't afford if things changed (as they did) only to have the government bail me out. All it does is make me feel foolish for being responsible and eat up the tax burden for companies and individuals who weren't. Please leave the emotional, "but if you only knew someone who was in such a plight you'd want the government to help!" stuff at the door. New comment by tlehmann 2008-02-06T22:46:44Z tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-06:/comment/666 tlehmann For those of us experiencing difficulty selling our homes, our senators have just introduced legislation to drive buyers away. S.2566 introduced by Senator Isakson will offer to pay homebuyers $15,000 to buy their home from a builder or a bank instead of from a citizen. While this may be good for the lobbying groups it is a shot in the head to us individual citizens needing to sell a home. Senator Isakson and sponsors want the federal government to pay homebuyers $15,000 not to buy our homes. Incentives for the economy are great but our Senators seem to have forgotten all about us measly citizens. Only lobbying groups count. Is this who I voted for?