Our current land economy serves us badly. The landed are getting loaded through no hard work of their own, while too few ordinary people can afford a decent home. With no tax on empty land in the UK, it can be more ...
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Tax Reform to recover the unearned wealth attached to land
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(Not only because it's Friday afternoon, I'm replaying this because Brett Mandel's support for taxing land values more than improvements matters more now that his star is on the rise in the Philly Controller race – Jon) ...
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Response: Not even the cleverest tax lawyers can avoid it - that's why it's gaining more and more support, says David Cooper (RT @EnoughPlenty: Land tax is fair, and it's not just a fringe issue http://t.co/946PHsIihL...
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He says it all " The best-paid 1% get about 8% of the national income. The wealthiest 1% own 23% of the national wealth. It is in property where greatest inequalities lie, not income." . Delete the scoop?
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Land tax could trigger 'house-building revolution'
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Excellent news form our neighbouring island. Delete the scoop?
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Opinion: The case for a Land Value Tax
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Prosper Australia is a self funded NGO, inspired by the economic justice that can be achieved by distributing the wealth produced from land amongst the entire community.
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Kudos for the excellent Henry Report.. Delete the scoop?
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From our point of view, one of the difficulties of promoting land value taxation is the rise of home ownerism. Home ownership went up during the Thatcher years. Council housing was sold off at a discount to the occupiers, ...
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The Land Value Taxation Campaign (LVTC) demonstrates that to shift taxation away from its current sources towards taxing the ownership of land would ease many of societies current problems.
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A Land Value Tax for England – Fair, Efficient, Sustainable. By Bryan Kavanagh | Published April 18, 2013. From Andy Wightman's “Land Matters” website. PageRank Checking Icon. You say we need more funds to tackle poverty, ...
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The US Senate is apparently considering legislation to require online retailers to pay state sales taxes. It would be misguided. Politicians and bureaucrats should accept contemporary realities. Transaction taxes have been ...
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MSPs vote on move to replace stamp duty with 'fairer' property tax
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Irish Times FF delegates reject motion to abolish property tax Irish Times The motion said the party “believes that when returned to government Fianna Fáil should abolish the current model of property tax and replace it with a site value-based...
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Well that is it then. No reason whatsoever ever to vote for Fianna Fail. Delete the scoop?
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Agenda: independence is vital if we are to gain control over our environment
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Too right. We need both land value tax and a basic income. Delete the scoop?
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Leader: Follow Macmillan and build, build, build - New Statesman New Statesman Across the group we have focused on maximising value rather than driving volumes.” The introduction of a land value tax would help to deter this practice by penalising...
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Lanesborough Voters Defeat Land Value Taxation Plan
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Port Authority to take land by eminent domain
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Disgraceful. Compulsory purchase that favours the rich is what happens when a land value tax is not in place... Delete the scoop?
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The Language of Looting (RT @wdStrickler: Dr. Michael Hudson | The Language of Looting http://t.co/T5QXpwYU63 … …)
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Hudson at his angry best! Land (and other commons) is the basis of most wealth. Delete the scoop?
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Land Value Tax Policy in Harrisburg, PA, U.S., Densification Policy. Harrisburg is the the capital city of Pennsylvania, U.S. It has a population of 49,673 and it is the 9th largest city in Pennsylvania.
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Austerity is a War on Prosperity
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I'll have more to say about the NIMBY part of this issue in a separate post, but for now I want to focus on the issue of land speculation and how a Georgist land value tax would help this neighborhood.
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Rising land values are a measure of the progress of a community. Land Value Taxation, an idea championed by 19th century political economist, Henry George, keeps community generated wealth circulating to the benefit of ...
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Here is unexpected support for land value taxes! Delete the scoop?
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Local land values increase 12 percent Huron Daily Tribune HURON COUNTY — Fueled by wind projects constructed last year, the county's overall land value increased because of a large increase in personal property values, according to a report issued...
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A true visionary! Land value tax and Bitcoin/Ripple is what we need! This is from 1999, an interview with Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman conducted by NTU/F. ...
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Support from an unexpected quarter - but it makes sense, Land Value Tax is not a tax on personally created wealth nor is strictly speaking a tax at all but a rental charge for location. Delete the scoop?
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More positive news from the UK. Perhaps if the UK adopts a land value tax our craven politicians might be emboldened to consider it.