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81 Comments on I fired my Broker, I abolished The National Association of Realtors, My Plan...
Dinah, This post was churning around inside of me for a few days... I just had to do it!
Aaron, Good points but the outcome of BO in the White House is very dangerous!
Gary, No I am still with CB, that was just to make the point of the idiocy of radical, thoughtless change!
Michael, Regardless, less evil is better than more, besides Sarah will be a trail blazer!
Dane, Livid is a great word to describe how all of us Americans should feel...Words don't express how I feel.
Linda, I thought that is what history books were for...to keep us from making deadly mistakes like this again!
Simon, It was my pleasure, looking back I wish I had done more! Thanks for the Features!
Castellum Realty, Retreat is always weak and a state of defeat...did we learn anything from Vietnam, Desert Storm??? The retreat from Desert Storm is the very reason we are there again! Not to mention the Clinton debacles!
Then again, they say that the definition of "crazy" is doing the same thing the same way over and over again. "Change" isn't a problem when it is needed. Even McCain claims he is for "change." Regardless who you vote for in this election, it will be "change." I will therefore embrace "change" and make sure it is the kind of change I want to see in this country.
Great post. I served when we ousted Noriega and forward the front lines in Saudi during Desert Storm. Yes there was blood shed to help those that hate us Americans, and yet, we are so complacent and ignorant; we are still paying others to kill us and our American ideals. Let us not forget the media circus and the "only" news "they" feel will boost their ratings.
Hmmmm.....change from what? Let us subsidize more housing, by dagnabit, close down the facilities incarcerating those being held for terrorism! THEY HAVE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS!!! Huh? Ok, place them in those subsidized homes and let them invite their friends, ALL are welcome here in America. Come and receive FREE education, FREE healthcare, FREE SSI and welfare, FREE, FREE, FREE...FREE reign in our Great Nation. No pre-conditions, no worries, practice your religion, but do not mention God or wear a Christian symbol in a public place; and you can even burn our flag and refuse to say the Pledge of Allegiance, we are about "Change".
Come one, come all!!! Use OPM to start your business, buy a home, maximize, diversify, purchase limos, vacation homes, take your friends on that private jet of yours to exotic places; write it off as an expense. Oooops...I spent too much of the stockholders money and homeowners are foreclosing. Where is the money? I want to kep "MY" luxuries, help me Uncle Sam!!! How can the taxpayers help me keep my material belongings? Ahhh...give me a blank check from the US Treasury, "Trust Me", help me to "Change".
Tax breaks, headaches, Section 8, butt-aches from inflation, fairness, subsidies, welfare, more government, more "Change"? By golly, does anyone remember the Boston Tea Party? Oh, but I am supposed to be "Patriotic" and pay more taxes? Was I not patriotic enough for the deeds done and time served? I ask for nothing in return, and my wife is an immigrant and asks for nothing. We did not receive handouts or feel entitled to receive any. We know and understand that the only entitlement we have in our country is our civic duty to VOTE.
What happened to "our" America? Wealth, home-ownership,business, capitalism, free-trade, security, family values, freedom of religion, freedom alone was created by hard work. We as REALTORS know that, our business was created by hard work.
I like how America was created, no hand-outs, no entitlements, but hard work. The only "Change" we need in America is reform and accountability, not false hope and rhetoric. Just my weekly rant, or maybe just Straight Talk.
Thanks Sarah.
Thanks for a very well written post. Our Commander and Chief needs to be a someone with wisdom and experience, someone we can trust. I only see on candidate who is qualified for the job.
It's nice that political posts are now getting featured on Active Rain.
By inexperience and fluff, we're talking about a governor from a state with the same population of the very small "everybody knows everybody" Baltimore City, correct?
Herb- How old are you? DO you know any Latvians, Estonians, Lithuanians? The statement you made about Ronald Reagan is very ignorant and a slap in my heritage's face. I am first generation born American. My family fled Latvia with Stalin's killing rampage. FDR gave our country in a chess move to Stalin. Reagan freed our country. Our country, Latvia was the first country to regain their independence because of Reagan. There are photos of Reagan all over Latvia. We thank Reagan every day for the freedom he helped us get and the fall of the Iron curtain. History has already proved he was one of the greatest presidents to ever live.Katerina
Susan- You really had me going!
Check out the other Susan's blog post today, there is a link to what Obama's site would look like if he was President. It is funny but sad at the same time.
Change is what we need but not the change that is being touted by Obama. Nestor and I were just wondering what we would do because we would fall under his tax hikes that are already super high. Like the second highest in the world, and he wants to take more.
I wrote on a Washington Post blog that this is serious. That in the years we make 250,000 we will be, after all the different taxes that will be implemented, totalling , together, it would be 65% of the 250 - gone- out the door into worthless officials hands who do not know how to manage money.
The point to it is if you are a broker and you are in this situation, what do you do, do you work more? Or do you cut back. I said that I would cut back, lay off people, and then figure out a way to still bring in 125,000 which would put me in the lower tax bracket and I would keep more of my money.
When I made this point, trying to get people to understand that I am not RICH, ( I am rich, but you know what I mean) and that small businesses would just start shutting down, just like they did in the depression when FDR raised business taxes. You can't employ people.
This one guy commented back to me that he could not believe how selfish I was that I would even think of changing my business! I asked him, so how much of a check would he want from me each month! I still can not get over that comment! Just like Biden saying it is patriotic! We have really become a society of handouts and entitlements.
Now, all the government had to do was to lift the capital gains tax and lower business taxes, if they would do just those two things, and get rid of market to market valuation, they would not have needed the bail out bill because trillions of dollars would flood back into our markets from offshores.
You are so right, we all have to be out talking to those undecided voters. McCain is the only safe choice. Obama would push us into a socialism that US citizens have no idea about. The change that he wants is bigger government and more programs for special interests. Katerina
Katerina, (I'm Sara...) Great testimony about Ronald Reagan! Isn't history supposed to reveal successes and failures of the past? Raising taxes like that has always been a detriment to society!
Sara, You are my HERO! Cannot wait to go see Palin. I do not know if I can even sleep tonight. Told the hubby I would work extra hard today. So maybe I will crash.
THANKS FOR STANDING UP FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE.
Pictures will be coming soon!
Sara ~ These days many people have a hard time finding their voice if they espouse conservative beliefs politically. You did a good job sharing your thoughts and pointing things out in a manner we can understand.
Palin was here in PA and I missed her. She was also at one of our local eateries here in Philadelphia and I heard there was an Obama supporter heckling and was thrown out, heh, heh, heh...
I watched Huckabee's show last night and it was amazing to hear about the fair tax; tax what we consume and not our income. Yes it is true that we base our business models to compy with tax laws and not profitability. Then an amazing thing would happen to the economy, consumer spending would increase, lower unemployment rates, more affordable healthcare, and a wealth of surplus. I find it scary knowing the possibility of BO taking office, just where will my money go? I do know, overseas. If he gets elected, my wife and I are selling our home, packing our bags, and moving our family outside the United States.
Such a shame because I love my Country, but what will there be left to love? If Reagan knew how to tighten our belts, then why is it that Obama wants to spend more? I remember when Reagan took office, interest rates were 19+%, and there was the Middle East problem of that time; both solved. Carter followed the Community Redevelopment Act and Clinton reinstated it as The Community Reinvestment Act. Reaganomics increased the national surplus and Clinton benefited; Clinton's spending trickled into George W's terms.
My belief, hopefully I can give the American public the benefit of doubt, is that if more people decided to take the time and follow the past; they can benefit in the future, and make knowledgeable decisions.
Good post. The change that Obama wants to bring forth is scary and very dangerous. I am not sure he really has many of our best interests at heart. Lert's hope America wakes up and makes the right choce on November 4.
So Sarah, how is this decision working out for you. Are you happy?
Betina