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Re:Epic Games chief pays $15M to protect 7,000 acres of Nort... by justin66 on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @02:18PM (#12913604)
There's a lot of this going on in some places. It's useful for people who already own a lot of land but don't want to pay property taxes on it. Agree not to drill for oil or cut down timber in your enormous back yard and get a huge tax discount...
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Re:Epic Games chief pays $15M to protect 7,000 acres of Nort... by ethbro on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @06:59PM (#12916218)
Isn't the purpose of a land tax to encourage the most productive use of land? So if we value wilderness, then a tax break seems like the correct way to facilitate that.
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