Subject: Re: Capital gains tax
If Bernanke really said this, he was lyin... uh, shading the truth.
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It is all detailed out in the FNMA rules for lenders. Most mortgage people don't know about this, because 99% of borrowers have a paycheck and are not retired.
That's why he was having trouble. The mortgage people hadn't heard of it, so they just move onto the loan.