Re:Land-value tax: Why Henry George had a point
by hippich on Saturday October 24, 2015 @06:18AM
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Article written from small-country perspective, it appears, for which case it seems to make sense. But try to explain to farmer who owns a ranch in the middle of nowhere in Texas that he should be paying for roads mostly used to bring goods from other states to Houston/Austin/San Antonio.
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Re:Land-value tax: Why Henry George had a point
by liberaliter on Saturday October 24, 2015 @02:29PM
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The land value of a ranch in the middle of nowhere would likely be very low - it'd also be reasonable for him to receive a stipend for the use of the road (cancelling out the tax?)
Re:Land-value tax: Why Henry George had a point
by mark212 on Saturday October 24, 2015 @06:02PM
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well, that's exactly what the farmer in Texas (and her grandfather, and grandfather's grandfather) have been doing since Texas became a state. That's called property taxes and have been around for more than a century in the US. Not at all unusual.
Mostly the property taxes go to the state and then back to the county to pay for schools. That's where the bulk of it goes. So yeah, the farmer in Middle of Nowhere, Texas send her kids to school for years and paid property taxes to fund those schools. And the buses. And the football team. And the fire department, police, water pipes, etc etc.