http://www.taxgirl.com/mcmansions-tax-headache/ Paying taxes is painful... but reading about them shouldn't be. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:33:00 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.taxgirl.com/mcmansions-tax-headache/comment-page-1/#comment-3247 Fix The Tax Code Friday: Home Mortgage Deduction Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:25:40 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/mcmansions-tax-headache/#comment-3247 [...] light of Rep. Dingell’s proposal to eliminate the home mortgage deduction for houses larger than 3000 square feet, I wonder: Should the home mortgage interest deduction be [...] [...] light of Rep. Dingell’s proposal to eliminate the home mortgage deduction for houses larger than 3000 square feet, I wonder: Should the home mortgage interest deduction be [...]

]]> http://www.taxgirl.com/mcmansions-tax-headache/comment-page-1/#comment-3248 Des Walsh Tue, 28 Aug 2007 23:38:58 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/mcmansions-tax-headache/#comment-3248 Sympathetic rant from the Antipodes. It's not just Americans, Kelly. And it's not just the energy consumption, although that is serious enough. One of the saddest things that has happened in Australian cities is the building of these monstrosities. As one who grew up in the old days of backyards big enough to have a game of backyard cricket, or pitch a tent and play camping, I wonder why people are surprised when kids stay indoors all the time, watching the television or at the computer, getting overeweight etc etc. Forget about having a swing on the branch of a big tree in the backyard. Forget about kids inviting their mates around for a play in the backyard. And of course there is no room left for the trees that used to soften the environment of many suburbs in Australian cities - and keep the air cleaner. Rant ends. Sympathetic rant from the Antipodes. It’s not just Americans, Kelly. And it’s not just the energy consumption, although that is serious enough. One of the saddest things that has happened in Australian cities is the building of these monstrosities. As one who grew up in the old days of backyards big enough to have a game of backyard cricket, or pitch a tent and play camping, I wonder why people are surprised when kids stay indoors all the time, watching the television or at the computer, getting overeweight etc etc. Forget about having a swing on the branch of a big tree in the backyard. Forget about kids inviting their mates around for a play in the backyard. And of course there is no room left for the trees that used to soften the environment of many suburbs in Australian cities – and keep the air cleaner. Rant ends.

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