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Re:Hacker News' “Who is Hiring?” thread, part 2, remote and ... by branchless on Monday July 11, 2016 @10:36PM (#12076370)
I'm not arguing not to build more I'm simply arguing with the notion that the main problem is one of supply and demand. It is not, there are other problems in the mix including taxing labour not land.

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Re:Hacker News' “Who is Hiring?” thread, part 2, remote and ... by newjersey on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @05:20AM (#12077734)
> there are other problems in the mix including taxing labour not land

I agree to some extent. Property (land) taxes have to be high enough to discourage people from leaving it unused. I have no problems with fully replacing personal income tax but I'm not an expert and I have no idea if we can realistically raise the same tax revenue from land tax alone.

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Re:Hacker News' “Who is Hiring?” thread, part 2, remote and ... by branchless on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @07:16AM (#12078115)
We can. Land ownership is far harder to hide. Land value tax is the establishment's worst nightmare.
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