The U.S. Senate Actually Gets Something Right! I've been complaining pretty much incessantly to friends about the stimulus plan recently passed by the US House of Representatives last week. In my opinion it is just more pork barrel spending and as the contents of the plan have become public knowledge I've pretty much been proven to be correct: $500,000 for a dog park in California (I do love my dog...) $2 million for more neon lights for Las Vegas (Don't they already have enough??) $4.5 million for an "eco-park" in Florida To see a more complete list of this total insanity please view the Wall Street Journal's article . However, even though I'm not a fan of the plan as a whole there was an amendment made yesterday that would help the real estate business . It was drafted by Johnny Isakson, the Republican Senator from the state of Georgia, who actually has experience in our industry. His amendment, which passed unanimously yesterday, will (if it is included...
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The U.S. Senate Actually Gets Something Right! I've been complaining pretty much incessantly to friends about the stimulus plan recently passed by the US House of Representatives last week. In my opinion it is just more pork barrel spending and as the contents of the plan have become public knowledge I've pretty much been proven to be correct: $500,000 for a dog park in California (I do love my dog...) $2 million for more neon lights for Las Vegas (Don't they already have enough??) $4.5 million for an "eco-park" in Florida To see a more complete list of this total insanity please view the Wall Street Journal's article . However, even though I'm not a fan of the plan as a whole there was an amendment made yesterday that would help the real estate business . It was drafted by Johnny Isakson, the Republican Senator from the state of Georgia, who actually has experience in our industry. His amendment, which passed unanimously yesterday, will (if it is included...