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Re:Land-value tax: Why Henry George had a point by humanrebar on Saturday October 24, 2015 @10:24AM (#10443676)
But why not just tax profits from sales instead of fiddling around and implicitly creating special interest groups?
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Re:Land-value tax: Why Henry George had a point by ZenoArrow on Saturday October 24, 2015 @10:31AM (#10443697)
Taxing sales doesn't tackle the misuse of land that has already been sold.
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Re:Land-value tax: Why Henry George had a point by humanrebar on Saturday October 24, 2015 @10:35PM (#10445727)
Sure it does. It discourages using land for speculation. If the appreciation curve flattens out, some people buying property as an investment will look to other markets that don't impact the standard of living so directly.
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Re:Land-value tax: Why Henry George had a point by ZenoArrow on Sunday October 25, 2015 @06:02AM (#10446497)
What about the land people already own?
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