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What's in the "We're All Going To Die Avoidance Bill of 2008"?

By Simon Conway

Real Estate Agent with Orlando Area Real Estate Services

October 02, 2008 08:40 AM

Phew!!!!

Those really nice people sitting in the United States Senate saved us last night. I mean all the dire warnings of the earth opening up and swalling us all if we didn't spend $700 billion. I don't know about you, but that was a close run thing.

Anyway, it would seem that a few other items slipped through as well as saving the world and i thought it might be useful to look at them.

Section 325 provides tax breaks for the wool research fund. Hmm... What exactly don't we know about wool? Makes nice clothes, hard to swallow.

Section 503 provides tax breaks for the manufacturers of wooden arrows for toys. This has a cost of around $6m. But wait - isn't this the kind of non pc toy we are trying to discourage our children from using? Maybe that's just me. Let's move on.

Puerto Rican and Virgin Island rum producers get $192 million. That's a good one as I don't know about you, but I know I'm going to need a lot more booze soon!

Section 309 provides for economic development in America. Well that one sounds good - until you understand that "America" is actually "American Samoa".

Joe Biden got more money for Amtrak. We all know how Joe loves to ride the train.

Section 502 with a $10 million price tag, provides "qualified television and film productions an extension of favorable expensing rules". Hollywood needs tax payer cash?

Now obviously I have not read the 435 pages. The problem is, I guarantee you that not a single Senator - voting for or against - read it either. Did no one even see one of these rediculous amendments and say "you are freakin joking right?" Not one of them??

I was born in the land of George III. The problem right now is we have 535 George IIIs in DC. I cannot imagine that the American people will allow this to continue much longer.

EVERY SINGLE SENATOR who cast a vote for this Bill last night, should be ashamed of themselves. Yes, even the "NO" votes because they didn't read it. VOTE AGAINST THE INCUMBANT on November 4.

ENOUGH AMERICA, ENOUGH!!

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Anne Hensel

South Beaches Real Estate Professionals - Saint Petersburg, FL

Realtor - Broker - St. Pete Beach, Treasure Island

If the issue was not so serious, it would be a funny post. . . .

Any money for imported Spanish Brandy? Would really help me out.

property for sale in pinellas county

Oct 02, 2008 08:46 AM

Bill Parecki

Elite Pacific Properties - Hilo, HI

RS, ABR, RDCPro, SFR, E-Pro, SRS, AHWD, Green

Aloha Simon,

I have to confess that I really felt that I needed this bill to go through so that the whole economic did not collapse. Now, I'm thinking that this might be once again politics by fear, and another example of the trickle down theory where the Big Business get the bucks and what do we get.

Oct 02, 2008 08:47 AM

Hugh Krone

Weichert Referral Associates - Hamburg, NJ

Realtor, Sussex County NJ

At least we got rid of the money for Acorn.

Oct 02, 2008 08:55 AM

April Hayden-Munson

Brookfield, WI

Brookfield Wisconsin Real Estate

Can these items be line item vetoed?? WHat a joke. Who added all the pork?

Oct 02, 2008 08:56 AM

Rob Arnold

Sand Dollar Realty Group, Inc. - Altamonte Springs, FL

Metro Orlando Full Service - Investor Friendly & F

Great, just great. I'm just so thrilled that the National Association of Realtors wanted to back this bloated bill. Just seeing that both Obama and McCain voted yes on this bill lets me know that both of them want bigger government.

Oct 02, 2008 08:58 AM

Broker Nick

South Florida Real Estate & Development, Inc. - Coconut Creek, FL

Broker Nick Relocation Broker Service

Simon ~ I want to ask you and the American people one thing.

How can a Senator vote for a Bill and call it a good one, when none of them actually read it?

How about signing a mortgage without reading it, perhaps thats how we got in the bloody mess to begin with?

Oct 02, 2008 09:01 AM

Michelle Ewing

Trademark Realtors - Riverside, CA

Riverside, CA

Apparently, the Senate and House members should already be familiar with the 300+ pages of "Tax Extenders", since they've already seen them before. They had to add in a whole lot of "Scooby snacks" to get enough votes to pass the BIG ONE.

Someone on TV last week said this thing was going to be "festooned like a Christmas tree" before it was all over -- were they ever right!!!

Oct 02, 2008 12:18 PM

Katerina Gasset

The Gasset Group & Get It Done For Me Virtual Services - Provo, UT

Amplify Your Real Estate & Life Dreams!

Simon- It is shameful! It is disgusting! The world was not coming to the end! It is tea party time!

Oct 02, 2008 02:34 PM

NJ (Nori) Bosley

*TBD* - Madison-on-the-Lake, OH

Simon,

Imagine if you read all 435 pages. Probably make you puke!!!!!

Our government sucks, yep just about every liar in there. Time for us to take over, wouldn't you agree?

Oct 02, 2008 02:46 PM

Simon Conway

Orlando Area Real Estate Services - Orlando, FL

Thanks for all the comments people. I know I pushed this out there in a lighthearted manner, but I do not feel lighthearted about what they just did. Feel free to read my other blog on the subject - "Bend over America".

Oct 02, 2008 03:52 PM

Chris Brown- Florida Home Loan Specialist | Certified Mortgage Planner

Chris Brown | Certified Mortgage Planners - Orlando, FL

Chris Brown 407.367.2974

wow, thaks for the heads up on some of the pork here... i vote TERM LIMITS FOR ALL CONGRESS PEOPLE!

chris the implementer

Oct 03, 2008 01:26 AM

Jeff Payne

The Payne Group at Keller Williams Success Realty - Panama City, FL

Panama City Real Estate

Wow Simon, you are the man!! Thanks for showing us some of the pork here. This makes me sick and I don't see how The Republicans or Dems can stand for this.

Oct 03, 2008 07:51 AM

Gene Wunderlich

1st Action Real Estate - Murrieta, CA

Realtor & Legislative Liaison

I've been reading it too - it's disgraceful. There was a lot of horse trading going on here, stick in a piece of bacon over here to get his vote, slap on some lard there to buy her vote, ham hocks for the lady from Georgia's vote, baby backs for the representative from California, some smoked kielbasa for the Arkansas vote. So they put enough lipstick and bows and bells on the pig to attract enough votes but can't disguise the fact it's still a pig - and one we'll be stuck paying for long after I'm gone. How sad.

Oct 03, 2008 09:18 AM

What's in the "We're All Going To Die Avoidance Bill of 2008"?

Phew!!!!

ENOUGH AMERICA, ENOUGH!!

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