Re:America is full of high-earning poor people
by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday November 04, 2015 @05:36PM
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The problem you mention about property tax, is actually the original purpose behind property tax. So-called 'absentee landlords' were leaving land fallow for generations, impoverishing the nation. Property tax was instituted to make sure land was constantly in use, or the landlord lost it (and somebody more productive got it).
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Re:America is full of high-earning poor people
by hwstar on Wednesday November 04, 2015 @05:54PM
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So the pesky US constitution got in the way of a "fallow land tax"? It seems to me if land is being left fallow, then that's something which ought to be discouraged. If land is in service, then the property taxes should be nominal.