QuestSHP wrote:Is anyone who sold their house in 2005-2007 also a gouger for taking advantage of the housing bubble and the prices people were willing to pay at that time?
Nice try but not even close...[/quote]
How so? People flipping houses purchased homes when the market was cheap and then took advantage of the artificial run up in price caused by easy money and unsustainable appreciation in value to flip them and make money all while contributing to the overall supply shortage and high prices which made it more expensive for first time home buyers, etc... How is that different than people either selling parts of their collection at a huge profit because of a PREDICTABLE run up in pricing around an election... or taking advantage of easy access to cheap product they can quickly flip for 3-4x their investment?
I may go out of my way to tweak the Armslist geeks when I'm pissed about getting skunked at Fleet Farm like everyone else, but this is purely an emotional/spite response, I have no fundamental issue with people making a buck particularly if they made a good call and read the market right.... Capitalism baby.