Instead, increases in Charlotte's home values have been slow and steady.

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Such debt and deficit rules could also be counterproductive if they led to growth-killing tax increases instead of spending cuts and entitlement reforms.

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Also, 76% of the poll-takers thought that Congress should try and come up with a combination of tax increases to supplement spending cuts, instead of the position taken by some Republicans to keep tax increases off the table.

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