Vickie Cox Golder, current Grand Poobah of the National Association of Rotarian Socialists, sends this little note:
Tomorrow is election day. As a proud member of the REALTOR® Party, I hope that you will join me and the entire NAR leadership in casting your vote tomorrow for the candidates at the local, state and federal level who will provide needed leadership to restore a healthy housing market and who believe strongly in the value of homeownership.
Here’s a very simple fact to be mastered:
More than any other person or group, the collapse of the global economy was caused by the National Association of Realtors.
There are plenty of other grafters to be blamed, of course, but without the tireless lobbying of the NAR, property rights in the United States would not have been so grievously undermined, and none of the economic monkey-wrenching in the real estate market would have occurred.
When you’re going over your wrecked finances, the key villain, at every turn, turns out to be the NAR.
Big, history-making election tomorrow. Chances are, it will turn out to be meet-the-new-grafters-same-as-the-old-grafters. But if there is real change to be seen in American political life, it will start with the restoration of the rights of property-owners.
If the NAR had any sense, it would become a stridently pro-ownership lobby. Instead, it will continue as the blood-sucking vampire it has been since its inception. And for this reason, you should lean all over your congress-creeps to ignore the NAR’s every grasping entreaty.
Do you actually want a free economy — so your children can earn as much as their hard work can gain them? If so, you have to stand for the repeal of every law affecting real estate transactions. Their sole purpose is to enrich the members of the National Association of Rotarian Socialists at the expense of consumers — leading, ultimately, as we are seeing, to the impoverishment of all of us.
The NAR is a cancer on the body politic. If they won’t learn better, at least you can.
Arn Cenedella says:
Greg
I never send any additional money for political action efforts to either NAR, CAR, or my local board, Silvar, because on many issues my political beliefs are different than those in charge of these Realtor organizations.
The justification for my decision NOT TO SEND money for political “action” was confirmed in Inman yesterday where it was stated most of NAR’s political money went to current elected politicans who had the the most seniority and therefore the greatest “juice” in Wash DC.
I am baffled.
In my humble opinion – anyone who has paid attention to our nation’s political process over the past 15 to 20 years has to see that the WASH DC pols who have been in power for the past 20 to 30 years are a big part of the problem and have no chance to be part of the solution. Understand this is not a JAB at the political party currently in power (for at least another 16 hours) since the other party has been just as bad at wasting our tax dollars on items aimed less at doing well for our nation and more aimed at ensuring their re-election.
November 2, 2010 — 7:48 am
Greg Swann says:
> most of NAR’s political money went to current elected politicans who had the the most seniority and therefore the greatest “juice” in Wash DC.
For a quick-and-dirty rule of thumb, you could do worse than simply voting against any NAR-endorsed candidate. The other guy might be a fool, but the NAR endorsement proves that their candidate is already a crook.
November 2, 2010 — 10:13 am
Al Lorenz says:
Thanks Greg. A timely reminder about the goals of the NAR. I eagerly await tomorrow’s news and the likely rejection of the NAR. Of course, it would be better if Barney Frank, NAR endorsed, and Charles Rangel were sent their walking papers.
November 2, 2010 — 10:09 am
Greg Swann says:
> Of course, it would be better if Barney Frank, NAR endorsed, and Charles Rangel were sent their walking papers.
Schadenfreude is an ugly emotion. Better to call it comeuppance — or even just desserts. 😉
November 2, 2010 — 10:15 am