Recap of 2010 Real Estate - 12/16/10 10:54 AM
People always ask me how real estate is "doing". That depends first on whether you're buying or selling, and second on what part of the country you examine. For 2010, it was "doing something". Depending on who you ask, that ranges from great to awful. Personally, I have no complaints. 
Overall, prices are starting to stabilize because sellers are coming to terms with what values they have to accept in this market if they want to sell. Buyers are starting to realize they don't have to buy a foreclosure to get a great deal. The continuing problem of excess inventories of … (1 comments)

Georgia Tax Law Changes - 12/05/10 08:48 AM
Everyone should be tuned in for changes to Georgia upcoming early next year. This will be the first major restructure of how we pay taxes in several decades. A committee headed by A. D. Frazier has been working on proposed changes for several months, but the exact recommendations are not widely known.
Among the changes, you may see more consumption tax replacing income tax and property tax in an effort to attract more jobs to the state. Consumption taxes also shift the burden to people visiting or passing through the state in the form of hotel, meal, and gasoline taxes.
A … (0 comments)

Reparations to Farmers - 12/04/10 08:08 AM
I am outraged at the recent move to pay reparations (again) to black farmers and native americans who were the "victims of discrimination" by the bureaucrats at the FDA. Shirley Sherrod, the recently fired FDA employee, received $12 million dollars in reparations. What kind of assistance could they possibly have given her family, who were supposedly poor black farmers, to allow them to accumulate that much money?
My father was a white farmer. He was never a victim of discrimination. That was because he didn't expect the federal government to give him any handouts or special deals. He was never allowed … (6 comments)

Mortgage Interest in Danger - 12/02/10 07:45 AM
It never ceases to amaze me how out of touch our government is with the voters!
They want to reduce the deficit, so their suggestion is to eliminate the mortgage interest deduction, which is one of the main drivers of home investment, and reduce social security benefits. Why not try reduced spending on weapons systems the Pentagon doesn't even want? The standard pork barrel earmarks for stupid weapons contracts have been going on for a hundred years. Why not reduce their lifetime benefit packages, and freeze their salaries for twenty years? Most of them retire filthy rich anyway. Why not stop … (2 comments)

 

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