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A governor's resignation: $40,000
The feeling afterward: priceless

Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin's mid-term resignation is estimated to have cost the state's citizens at least $40,000. Among other expenses, it cost the state approximately $14,100 to swear in the current governor, Sean Parnell, on July 26, 2009, according to results secured by The Associated Press. The state spent another $3,328 to move Palin and her family out of the governor's mansion.

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The Illinois Association of REALTORS(R) has released a study in response to the proposed Gross Receipts Tax proposed by Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. The first phase of the study clearly shows the chilling affect that the Governors' proposed GRT tax would have upon the building and sale of new homes in Illinois. Excuse me please for being so bold Governor, but the housing market is already dealing with a serious slump, perhaps you missed the memo.

The study, conducted for IAR by RCF Economic & Financial Consulting, Inc. of Chicago, estimates that Blagojevich's proposed GRT will cost Illinois home builders and buyers an additional $500 million per year. The study identifies a five tier process of oppression which would compound the cost of a home purchase starting with the materials wholesaler, and further burdening the subcontractor, general contractor, developer and lastly, deeply gouging the consumer. You may access the study findings here.

I can understand that the good Governor wants to plump the state coffers. We all know that's what Governors do. However, this attempted move by Blagojevich smacks of kicking a man when he's down. I guess that's par for the course in Illinois government. I'll file this story with my other "Gary's Governmental Economic Theory" pieces. That file is called: Governments don't run economies, they strangle them. ...and so it goes.

Source:Illinois Association of REALTORS

Illinois Realtors square off against their Governor originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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