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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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