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Before Obama Made It 'Sexy': Trailblazing Caulkers

(Dec. 15) -- Home insulation is "sexy," President Barack Obama declares. "Here's what's sexy about it: It saves money," he said at a Home Depot in northern Virginia. This morning the president made a pitch for a set of tax incentives, dubbed "Cash for Caulkers," to encourage retrofits of existing homes as a way of...

Obama Pushes 'Cash for Caulkers'

WASHINGTON (Dec. 8) -- Cash for Caulkers may stick as the name. But a program proposed Tuesday by President Obama would give rebates to homeowners for a much broader range of projects to cut energy usage – like insulation, efficient appliances and new windows. And just like the Cash for Clunkers program for people...

Background on cash for caulkers

HOME STAR, (also spelled HOMESTAR), informally known as Cash for Caulkers, is a United States government program proposed in November, 2009 to encourage economic growth by offering incentives to homeowners and retailers for improving the energy efficiency of existing homes.

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