{"id":10182,"date":"2009-10-28T17:12:57","date_gmt":"2009-10-29T00:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=10182"},"modified":"2009-10-28T17:12:57","modified_gmt":"2009-10-29T00:12:57","slug":"please-do-not-extend-the-8000-tax-credit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/10182\/please-do-not-extend-the-8000-tax-credit\/","title":{"rendered":"Please do NOT extend the $8,000 tax credit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are on the far left, there is no need to read any further, for what I am going to say, is from a capitalist &#8220;conservative&#8221; mindset (which only means to left wingers that&#8230;I must be a hate monger for not wanting to extend the first time home buyer tax credit to those poor innocent people who can&#8217;t afford a home in the first place).<\/p>\n<p>To extend the tax credit is simply going to increase the national debt load beyond what taxpayers can already afford to pay, yet weakening the economy even deeper.\u00a0 Simply put I&#8217;m sick and tired of Realtor&#8217;s wanting the extension of the tax credit because it only benefits a few parties to a transaction instead of bettering the country.\u00a0 We need to look at the big picture.\u00a0 The fact is the tax credit must end at some point in time; that is a fact!\u00a0 Realtors need to put their own personal interest aside and do what is best for this country, not themselves!\u00a0 Extending the FREE money tax credit will only increase the pain of debt until the US dollar is worthless.\u00a0 So the FACT is&#8230;Americans must be willing the do the tough thing!<\/p>\n<p>What is the tough thing you might ask? well, for me,\u00a0 <strong>I have refused to work with buyers looking for the tax credit!!!<\/strong> YES, you heard me correctly.\u00a0 I know that if I am against the tax credit, then I must ACT as I believe.\u00a0 I BELIEVE the government should not be handing out any of my money &#8220;tax payer money&#8221; to try and stimulate an economy that is FALSELY INFLATED in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>How about this for a thought.\u00a0 How about Americans need to live their WAGE so no tax credit is needed!\u00a0 Here is my thought for the day.\u00a0 WHAT IF, your home cost 125k instead of 300k?\u00a0 what if you drove cars 10 years old with no car payments?\u00a0 Could YOUR WIFE be a stay at home mother for her CHILDREN if this were the case?\u00a0 Would the 10% unemployment rate drop to near zero if Americans<strong> lived their wage<\/strong> so <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/10182\/please-do-not-extend-the-8000-tax-credit\/#more-10182\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are on the far left, there is no need to read any further, for what I am going to say, is from a capitalist &#8220;conservative&#8221; mindset (which only means to left wingers that&#8230;I must be a hate monger for not wanting to extend the first time home buyer tax credit to those poor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,29],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10182","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-general","7":"category-group-therapy","9":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10082,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/10082\/estimate-to-extend-the-home-buyer-tax-credit-167-billion-what-a-bargain\/","url_meta":{"origin":10182,"position":0},"title":"Estimate to extend the Home Buyer Tax credit? 16.7 Billion What a Bargain!","author":"Scott Cowan","date":"October 14, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I was passed along an article today from the WSJ discussing the cost to extend the $8,000 tax credit and to open it to all people purchasing a home would cost $16.7 Billion according to congressional analysts. The article goes on to state that this is less than expected and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Big Mother&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Big Mother","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/big-mother\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10225,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/10225\/congress-extends-and-expands-the-home-buyers-tax-credit\/","url_meta":{"origin":10182,"position":1},"title":"Congress extends and expands the home-buyer&#8217;s tax credit","author":"Greg Swann","date":"November 5, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The Washington Post:Under the housing program, people seeking to own a home for the first time in three years would receive an $8,000 tax credit if they sign a contract by April 30 and close on it by June 30. Current homeowners who are buying a new primary residence would\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Big Mother&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Big Mother","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/big-mother\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10168,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/10168\/the-bad-news-tens-of-thousands-of-people-including-irs-agents-and-including-at-least-one-four-year-old-fraudulently-claimed-the-8000-first-time-home-buyers-tax-credit-the-good-news-when-these\/","url_meta":{"origin":10182,"position":2},"title":"The bad news: Tens of thousands of people, including IRS agents and including at least one four-year-old, fraudulently claimed the $8,000 first-time home-buyer&#8217;s tax credit. The good news? 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As a result of that loophole and numerous faulty reporting mechanisms, a House panel learned Thursday of tens of thousands of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Big Mother&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Big Mother","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/big-mother\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5554,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/5554\/nar-promotes-housing-stimulus-plan\/","url_meta":{"origin":10182,"position":3},"title":"NAR Promotes Housing Stimulus Plan","author":"Dave Phillips","date":"November 12, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is a fresh bone for Bloodhounds to chew on.\u00a0 This 4-point stimulus plan was approved by the NAR Board of Directors this past Monday and is being pushed heavily in Washington DC.\u00a0 The National Association of Realtors\u00ae will offer a four-point legislative plan to reinvigorate the housing market, calling\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Big Mother&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Big Mother","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/big-mother\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8526,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/8526\/8526\/","url_meta":{"origin":10182,"position":4},"title":"$8,000 Tax Credit Advance Friend or Foe?","author":"Scott Cowan","date":"May 20, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I have been following the $8,000 Federal Tax Credit with great interest this year. 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