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Re:Land-value tax: Why Henry George had a point by transfire on Saturday October 24, 2015 @07:11AM (#10443210)
Why does no one ever talk about implementing a usury tax?
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Re:Land-value tax: Why Henry George had a point by tehwalrus on Saturday October 24, 2015 @07:15AM (#10443218)
??

Lending money is a (in the UK highly regulated) business venture, subject to all sorts of taxes.

Buying land and sitting on it for decades is not.

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