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PETITION - 7500.00 TAX CREDIT- NOT TO BE REPAID TO IRS

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  • Sep 30th, 2010
    Someone from Jacksonville, FL signed.
  • Sep 29th, 2010
    Someone from Kissimmee, FL signed.
  • Sep 29th, 2010
    Someone from Omaha, NE writes:
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    Home prices were actually higher when we purchased under the $7500 tax credit that we have to repay. Others that purchased after us, when homes were even cheaper do not have to pay it back. Why penalize the 'brave' ones that purchased earlier, and why do we have to repay after so much more money has been spend extending the later non-repayment tax credits?
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  • Sep 28th, 2010
    Someone from Big Stone Gap, VA writes:
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    I think it is unfair for those that would still buy a house before this was enacted and with knowledge we would have pay it back. Apparently we wanted to buy a house regardless and I think it is unjustified for those who must pay when others do not.
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  • Sep 28th, 2010
    Someone from Alexandria, VA signed.
  • Sep 27th, 2010
    Someone from Henderson, CO signed.
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  • Sep 23rd, 2010
    Someone from Anna, TX signed.
  • Sep 23rd, 2010
    Someone from Oklahoma City, OK writes:
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    We closed on our house 7 days before the $8,000 tax credit became available. We work hard and contribute to the economy and maybe it was bad luck for us, but it just doesn't seem fair. Not to mention our interest rate is much higher than those purchasing after us.
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  • Sep 19th, 2010
    Someone from Milwaukee, WI signed.
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  • Sep 16th, 2010
    Someone from Falls Church, VA writes:
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    Decreased income and higher cost of living. Please consider.
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  • Sep 16th, 2010
    Someone from Rock Island, IL signed.
  • Sep 15th, 2010
    Someone from West Chester, OH writes:
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    A big bang-for-your-buck "stimulus" would be to eliminate the recapture of this credit. $500 per year per homeowner that took advantage of the 2008 credit will certainly add more to the economy than cutting taxes for the wealthy (see GAO study on federal payback of certain "stimulus" methods). Many mention how we stepped-up to boost the down 2008 economy when others would not by buying a home. If you were anything like me, you not only bought a home but also boosted your local economy; think Lowes or furniture stores.
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  • Sep 15th, 2010
    Someone from Hancock, MI writes:
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    Everyone makes mistakes, even the federal government. That said, everyone should seize the opportunity to own up to those mistakes. I don't want to say this wasn't fair, because clearly the opportunity to own a home is incredible. I will say it isn't right that millions of people face up to 15 years of repayment, when only a few months separated them from no repayment. Like someone stated previously, we answered the call from a struggling economy to boost home sales. Step up Washington.
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  • Sep 15th, 2010
    Someone from Royersford, PA signed.
  • Sep 13th, 2010
    Someone from Savannah, GA writes:
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    Closed on house April 08. Tour in Iraq from June 08-Sept 09. Took the $7500 Tax credit with an amended tax return RIGHT before they enacted the $8000 credit. Bad luck? Bad timing? WTF
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  • Sep 13th, 2010
    Someone from Omaha, NE signed.
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  • Sep 11th, 2010
    Someone from West Columbia, SC writes:
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    If home buyers who purchased a home before 2009 have to repay, so should those who purchased after-words.
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  • Sep 10th, 2010
    Someone from Kingsland, GA signed.
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  • Sep 10th, 2010
    Someone from West Orange, NJ writes:
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    us 2008-ers ended up getting double (or triple screwed). 1. we have to pay it back and 2. we piad more for houses than people that got the later credit and 3. we are paying for a higher mortgage balance at a higher interest rate. Making the $7,500 a credit instead of a loan will keep money in our pockets and make us at in at least 1 out of 3 ways equitable with others who benefitted from ours and others mistakes.
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  • Sep 10th, 2010
    Someone from S Zanesville, OH writes:
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    I would have waited as well as others who purchased homes in 2008. I am within six months, and all of the sudden things change. Just not right.
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  • Sep 9th, 2010
    Someone from West Columbia, SC writes:
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    Not fair we have to pay this back, plus I have a new job offer out if state, am I supposed to turn it down because I can't afford to sell my house?
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  • Sep 9th, 2010
    Someone from Kempner, TX signed.
  • Sep 9th, 2010
    Someone from Arlington, TN writes:
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    I would have waited until 2009 to buy if I had known I would receive an $8000 credit that I did not have to repay. This is NOT FAIR!!
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  • Sep 9th, 2010
    Someone from Sheboygan, WI signed.
  • Sep 7th, 2010
    Someone from Lawrenceburg, IN signed.
  • Sep 7th, 2010
    Someone from Warrensburg, MO writes:
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    This needs to be changed ! Those of us that acted to help the economy by buying a house get screwed because we bought too early .. how fair is that ? Oh wait..fairness and government in the same sentence .. my bad !!
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  • Sep 6th, 2010
    Someone from El Paso, TX writes:
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    Its just not fair that we have to pay it back. I cant afford it and I will be moving and I can't afford paying it back...Congress give us a break.....
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  • Sep 6th, 2010
    Someone from Murray, KY writes:
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    I would have waited until 2009 to buy if I had known. Either way I bought a house during a down economy and did my part. I feel like I am being punished for acting early in the interests of the economy.
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  • Sep 1st, 2010
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  • Aug 31st, 2010
    Someone from Amherst, MA signed.