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• 03 Jul 09
  

  Alan Barker

  This Cap and Trade Deal could have a huge impact for the real estate market.

  cap and trade obama

  • Cap and Trade (Waxman-Markey) bill
  • the real disconcerting aspect of this bill is how it relates to your own single family home. The bill will give Obama and friends the right, no the mandate, to enter your home and inspect it before you're "allowed" to sell your home.
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  • • Your home, your little piece of privacy, will need to be evaluated by a certified government inspector to gage how friendly it is to our environment. If your windows are drafty, you very well might have to replace them before a sale would be "permitted". If your furnace is old, better find $4k laying around to replace it. Inefficient refrigerator? I see a trip to Lowes in your near future. If you don't feel like updating the home per your new, even bigger brother's request, that's no problem really. You just won't be allowed to sell your home.
    • the bill specifically calls for the inclusion of an outlet in every garage that would be capable of charging your electric car

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