Hobie what points are there to address? Why should there be any public outcry at all when you have plenty of alternatives? While you feel most people may be intimidated or emotionally reacting, I would argue the other way which is, most people are simply to lazy to do research and explore other options. Most everyone who had ever visited Piggington did so because they started to research housing. It takes time and effort. So why should there be public outcry over a system that already has plenty of alternatives for consumers?
There should be public outcry over plenty of other things. The system is plenty f-ked up but not because of commissioned realtors. The public outcry should be over the manipulation of the entire market. Of creating an entire system that places valuations of assets that is freaking crazy.
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Regarding the overall argument that has mushroomed on this thread….
What would happen if we totally overhauled the tax code and made it so simple that anyone could prepare returns?
Do you guys think a few accountants would lose jobs?
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Lets be very honest here… Does anyone really think that all of the subsidizing we see for home ownership was done with the goal of gainful employment for realtors?
Really does ANYONE believe that? Come on now, the govt is begging, pleading for people to buy homes because of the OVERALL employment benefits. We have seen that it is pretty much the lynchpin of the economy. Don’t MISTAKE this argument for some comparison of realtors verses public workers because it is not. However for people to think that historic measures to promote home ownership are targetted for realtor employment is absurd.
I will not try to defend the job of a realtor because it would be a waste here. It would be just as much of a waste as me trying to explain how to build a fractional resampler with interpolation using a farrow filter. I have done both and know the challenges of each. Few if any of you here know either with the exception of a few dsp engineers and the other realtors.
For those crying that public workers have suffered more cuts or job losses then the private sector, I have to laugh. Guess what, things are tough all over. Everyone has suffered.
