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Originally Posted by MAXUM

Come on who here is really surprised at what's happening to the real estate market in this state, not just in the lakes region? I am so sick to death of hearing the "well the rich can afford it" or "if you can afford a 2 million dollar house you can afford 50K a year in taxes". That can only work for so long before the "rich" which is such a subjective term these days, decide to pack it in and say no more divest of any frivolous investments/property circle the wagons and attempt to protect their holdings. That's what's happening all over the country not just here. That is why the economy is still in the dumper, why jobs are not being created and why things will continue to deteriorate and more rapidly over time.

This is probably what I would consider to be one of the most brilliant observations ever put to words and so fitting for this very discussion:

You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that, my dear friend, is about the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it. Dr. Adrian Rogers (1931-2005)

Amen to that Maxum!!!

Dan