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Re:Land-value tax: Why Henry George had a point by eru on Monday October 26, 2015 @06:26AM (#10450459)
Why go by size and not by value? Someone having a huge estate in the middle of nowhere is not a problem, vs occupying the same amount of space (or even a much smaller, but still large one) in the city centre is.
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Re:Land-value tax: Why Henry George had a point by ZenoArrow on Saturday October 31, 2015 @09:04AM (#10482526)
Value is open to fluctuations, size is not.

A large estate in the middle of nowhere is still potentially wasteful. For example, could that land not be used for farming or wildlife? How many bathrooms does one person need?

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