[Vision2020] Tax breaks

[Donovan Arnold]

Ralph,

I cannot sell it, I don't have the authority to do so. To take away people's property is wrong. The government is so suppose to help people, not take away their stuff and property that they have worked so hard for all their lives. Why even have a government if it cannot even protect you from losing the basics. Rather a pointless government don't you think?

To suggest people should sell their homes, and pay it all to the government, shows a serious level of insensitivity or lack of understanding of family. 

Many properties are also unsellable. That is the family members have to all agree to sell, to sell, and that isn't going to happen, because they would never all agree to sell the family home that has been the only constant in their lives. 

Best Regards,

Donovan

--- On Tue, 2/10/09, Ralph Nielsen <nielsen at uidaho.edu> wrote:
From: Ralph Nielsen <nielsen at uidaho.edu>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Tax breaks
To: donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com
Cc: "vision 2020" <Vision2020 at moscow.com>
Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2009, 9:29 PM


Donovan,
Just be glad your property has not depreciated in value. Sell it and be glad you made a profit. Take the money and run to the bank or, better yet, reinvest it. That's how capitalism works.
Ralph

On Feb 10, 2009, at 9:12 PM, Donovan Arnold wrote:
I don't know Ralph.

My family has a cabin on Lake CDA. Many of the people in those cabins have had them for decades and generations as vacation places because they couldn't afford to go anywhere else. They aren't rich, they just had the homes because they were cheap when they bought them or built them. Now, those simple cabin homes go for $100,000s and even millions because of people in big cities want getaways. To tax Spokane and Washington residents and local Idahoians huge amounts forcing them to forfeit a piece of their family history seems wrong. 

If you put a grandfather clause in there, I might see an exception. It is hard to save your cabin that your family built for $5,000 in 1948 because a Californian is willing to buy it for $700,000 and you get taxed on it more than you make. 

Best Regards,

Donovan 





      
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