Bizarre gap year in residential conservation tax incentives

I was doing some research in preparation for upgrading my attic insulation, and what do I find? That, in its wisdom, Congress has decided that home weatherization is a good idea that needs incentives for 2006, 2007, and 2009 … but not 2008. That’s right. The feds want you to delay energy-conserving, pollution-reducing, job-creating home […]

I was doing some research in preparation for upgrading my attic insulation, and what do I find?

That, in its wisdom, Congress has decided that home weatherization is a good idea that needs incentives for 2006, 2007, and 2009 … but not 2008.

That’s right. The feds want you to delay energy-conserving, pollution-reducing, job-creating home weatherization improvements until 2009.

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