Comments on: Utah giving out $6,000 grant for new home buyers http://www.blurtdaily.com/2009/03/13/utah-giving-out-6000-grant-for-new-home-buyers/ | opinion and more opinion | Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:54:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Eric B. http://www.blurtdaily.com/2009/03/13/utah-giving-out-6000-grant-for-new-home-buyers/#comment-1873 Eric B. Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:53:04 +0000 http://www.blurtdaily.com/?p=690#comment-1873 I feel the need to clarify my position with all these subsidies/grants. I am against 99% of them (including the housing ones)... and get upset when I hear about new ones. If I hear of a subsidy, it means one of two things: 1) If the government can afford to pay me this, then they took too much from me in taxes. 2) If I know the gov't is operating at a deficit. I'll pay for it in higher taxes anyway. Point is, I don't want "my share" of gov't help... I want to give less to the gov't in the first place. I object as strongly to those who say, "why is all this money going to help those who were irresponsible, where's the help for me?" as I do to helping the irresponsibles. I think there is a very small limit in which a gov't should act to encourage behavior, be it good or bad. When they offer subsidies like Utah has done, it pulls people who feel similarly to me into their nets. Sorry if I'm an a-hole. But this just makes me mad. Where did the gov't get the right to take my earnings, just so it could be redistributed... to me or anyone else? I feel the need to clarify my position with all these subsidies/grants.
I am against 99% of them (including the housing ones)… and get upset when I hear about new ones.

If I hear of a subsidy, it means one of two things:
1) If the government can afford to pay me this, then they took too much from me in taxes.
2) If I know the gov’t is operating at a deficit. I’ll pay for it in higher taxes anyway.

Point is, I don’t want “my share” of gov’t help… I want to give less to the gov’t in the first place.

I object as strongly to those who say, “why is all this money going to help those who were irresponsible, where’s the help for me?” as I do to helping the irresponsibles. I think there is a very small limit in which a gov’t should act to encourage behavior, be it good or bad. When they offer subsidies like Utah has done, it pulls people who feel similarly to me into their nets.

Sorry if I’m an a-hole. But this just makes me mad. Where did the gov’t get the right to take my earnings, just so it could be redistributed… to me or anyone else?

]]> By: Jason http://www.blurtdaily.com/2009/03/13/utah-giving-out-6000-grant-for-new-home-buyers/#comment-1851 Jason Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:10:49 +0000 http://www.blurtdaily.com/?p=690#comment-1851 We have one here in CA that is for $10K. They appropriated like $100 million for it and so it sounds like it'll last for a while. It is a tax rebate though. The problem is its also only for new homes, which at least in CA is not the problem. To me this was just a bunch of legislators hooking up the homebuilders who probably contribute to their campaign. If they wanted to really help the housing problem, they should have made it for used homes or foreclosed homes. We have one here in CA that is for $10K. They appropriated like $100 million for it and so it sounds like it’ll last for a while. It is a tax rebate though. The problem is its also only for new homes, which at least in CA is not the problem. To me this was just a bunch of legislators hooking up the homebuilders who probably contribute to their campaign. If they wanted to really help the housing problem, they should have made it for used homes or foreclosed homes.

]]> By: Eric http://www.blurtdaily.com/2009/03/13/utah-giving-out-6000-grant-for-new-home-buyers/#comment-1850 Eric Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:33:44 +0000 http://www.blurtdaily.com/?p=690#comment-1850 It's fair to offer it to as many different groups as possible. But I agree with you - if the purpose is to lessen the Utah housing inventory, then it should go to people who haven't already purchased the home. Man, the incentives for buying are piling up fast. It’s fair to offer it to as many different groups as possible. But I agree with you - if the purpose is to lessen the Utah housing inventory, then it should go to people who haven’t already purchased the home. Man, the incentives for buying are piling up fast.

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