I’ve been getting a chuckle out of the notion that the dirty-bad Realtors are all that stand between North Carolina and nirvana. Why, if they would just get out of the way and let a land transfer tax pass, everything would be great!
Nevermind that General Assembly is looking at ramping up spending by about 7% this year. We have to do that. And local jurisdictions just have to spend money on non-essentials like convention centers. There is no problem with spending — at all. Just the Realtors.
Less chuckle-prone is the Ogre. He flipped a bit when S. Ellis Hankins, executive director of the N.C. League of Municipalities, claimed that it was a land transfer tax or else. “What’s the alternative to a land transfer tax? Higher property and sales taxes and increased water and sewer rates,” Hankins argues.
The Ogre responds:
Liar, liar, pants on fire, Mr. Hankins. That is a complete and total lie, and you damn well know it. The clear and obvious answer to everyone but those who hate freedom is for GOVERNMENT TO SPEND LESS MONEY. Why is that concept so hard to grasp for socialists and miserable bastards who want to take the money I earn from me? Mr. Hankins, you’re a scumbag. If YOU want more government spending, YOU work for it and pay for it. Leave me the hell alone.
Oh, and the answer to my original question? Mr. Hankins is actually a super-socialist: He is executive director of the N.C. League of Municipalities and president of the Partnership for North Carolina’s Future — in other words, he openly and continuously despises anything that relates to freedom. He IS a communist and is actively working to destroy capitalism, freedom, and the republic; hoping to replace it with total communism. He is my enemy.
See? Bit flipped.
And could someone gently take Jennifer Roberts aside and explain to her that a real estate transfer tax is a property tax? It is a transaction tax on property, one that makes the cost of buying and selling real estate higher.
Hurry. I sense my bit starting to flip as well.
