http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/maria_bartiromo This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Maria Bartiromo en-US Copyright 2009, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200806100012 <em>The New York Post </em>reported CNBC host Maria Bartiromo's assertion that Sen. Barack Obama would "take the capital gains tax at 15 percent right now all the way up to 25 to 28 percent." The <em>Post</em> further quoted Bartiromo: "Sell anything, like a home or stocks, and make a profit ... [almost] 30 percent of the profit will go to the government instead of 15' " [brackets in original]. But Bartiromo's suggestion that the entire profit on the sale of a house is always subject to tax is false; single homeowners can exempt up to $250,000 in gains realized from the sale of an owner-occupied home from capital gains taxes, and married homeowners can in most cases exempt up to $500,000. <em>Politico</em>'s Mike Allen uncritically reprinted the <em>Post </em>report of Bartiromo's comments in its entirety. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806100012 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:52:37 EST