south facing roofs since not all the houses will be south facing i think you can retrofit an existing community more easily and more efficiently than you could ever attempt to do a single home. . host: william, washington, d.c. caller: i would like to know about insulating existing homes. where the drill holes between the joists on the outside, basically framed homes, and then they blow in insulation and they fill the hole back up, what s the deal with that? guest: can i say if you don t have an expert doing that, don t do it. but there are some good ways to do that that will save you money. i think the challenge you have and what you just described is the product you re using, whether you re closing off the air circulation, there is just a whole array of questions, but someone should be studying before you approach that. and so i don t know your specific house and i think i could give you some really bad information. so but if you have a classically gabled framed house, on
host: the tax plans would be skewed and there will be lower taxation. for an america of ordinary means, lower taxes would be outweighed by other changes. the plan replaces the tax exemption for employer-provided health plans. it is a good idea in principle but the projections are too optimistic. caller: i think we are going to have to pay more taxes to overcome our deficit. we should not prevent the tax cuts. i am concerned and someone will have to convince me that the tax revenue that would be generated from making those particular cut to expire would create jobs. host: could this trigger a double-dip recession? caller: i don t think that would be the case for the top 2% or 3%. america will be investigating investing in manufacturing overseas. host: let s go to elizabeth on the democratic line. will you pay higher taxes? i will put you on hold we will get the producer back on with you and maybe we can come back to your phone call. we will go back to elizabeth on the democ
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