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Down with the Realtors

By Timothy P. Carney
Published September 26, 2017 9:50pm ET
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Down with the Realtors
The National Association of Realtors is not lobbying mostly to preserve their special tax carveout -- they are mostly lobbying against a tax break for middle-class taxpayers. And they are doing this not out of concern for the federal deficit, but because they want to be the gatekeepers of middle-class tax cuts. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) | John Bazemore

Lobbyists are hired to advance their industry’s interests, which are often at odds with the public interest. But the real estate lobby is currently engaged in a more cynical gambit: waging a lobbying war directly against their own customers.

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