{"id":9028,"date":"2009-06-27T11:52:17","date_gmt":"2009-06-27T18:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=9028"},"modified":"2009-06-27T11:52:56","modified_gmt":"2009-06-27T18:52:56","slug":"the-cap-and-trade-bill-is-full-of-outrageous-proscriptions-on-private-property-rights-so-the-nar-is-campaigning-against-honest-appraisals-instead-of-fighting-the-growth-of-the-nanny-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/9028\/the-cap-and-trade-bill-is-full-of-outrageous-proscriptions-on-private-property-rights-so-the-nar-is-campaigning-against-honest-appraisals-instead-of-fighting-the-growth-of-the-nanny-state\/","title":{"rendered":"The “cap and trade” bill is full of outrageous proscriptions on private property rights — so the NAR is campaigning against honest appraisals instead of fighting the growth of the nanny state"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you had your blast email spam from NAR President Charles McMillan, you know what’s important to the Grand Poobahs: Appraisers are all of a sudden just too dang honest, and that’s bad for business. Meanwhile, the so-called “cap and trade” bill that narrowly passed in the House of Representatives last night is full of nightmare provisions impinging on the rights of private property owners to do what they want with their land and structures. Where was the NAR? Elsewhere, of course. Where else?<\/p>\n

From JammieWearingFool:<\/a><\/p>\n

Beyond what it will do to our economy, at the end of the debate House GOP Leader John Boehner took to the floor and started reading from the 300 page amendment that the Democrats drafted and dropped on the legislatures at 3 AM, there was literally hundred of items to impose federal control over your life. Here are some highlights.<\/p>\n

Want to replace a window? Not so fast. First you must pay for an appraisal of your house to measure its energy efficiency and receive calculations of both before and after the proposed change. Hey, it may be a great excuse for those guys trying to avoid putting in that big bay style window that the missus has been bugging you about.<\/p>\n

Are you having a new house built? Back up, Skippy. This bill includes language that tells you exactly where you can put your electrical outlets.<\/p>\n

Did you know that for one sort of appraisal service related to determining energy efficiency there is only one company you can use? Yup, it is right in there along with the name of the company. How is it that this one company managed to land the only contract to service 300 million Americans? Who is this company?<\/p>\n

I wish I could answer those questions, but all of those provisions and more, Rep. Boehner went on for almost an hour citing them and still didn’t get through the whole 300 pages, is not available. You see because of when the Democrats dropped this amendment at 3 AM the text of it is not available. So much for that transparency. The total bill runs on Read more<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you had your blast email spam from NAR President Charles McMillan, you know what’s important to the Grand Poobahs: Appraisers are all of a sudden just too dang honest, and that’s bad for business. 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