Rewarding Neglect and Punishing Investment in Struggling Neighborhoods

Re:Rewarding Neglect and Punishing Investment in Struggling ... by perl4ever on Thursday March 14, 2019 @08:58AM (#19388770)

"possession of a limited resource shouldn’t create a disadvantage to the owner of said possession"

Disadvantage from what baseline? Possession of a limited resource always creates an advantage to start with. If this is not compensated for with a tax, then aren't people going to compete away the value that would have been taxed? In which case it will be lost to society.

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Re:Rewarding Neglect and Punishing Investment in Struggling ... by jelliclesfarm on Thursday March 14, 2019 @11:33AM (#19390143)

Not if it’s a primary home.

There is a tax at source. There is a tax at transfer/inheritance.

If it’s put to use, there is a tax at consumption. The house always wins. The govt always collects tax.

I disagree with the notion that redistribution should be coercion or punitive. A land tax for undeveloped land is punitive. Property and ownership is constitutionally protected. People shouldn’t be punished for being productive and wealthy.

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Re:Rewarding Neglect and Punishing Investment in Struggling ... by perl4ever on Friday March 15, 2019 @04:35PM (#19404038)

Undeveloped land is not produced, but it is scarce and has value that can be degraded. Hence, a tax on it is not punishing the productive, but guarding against waste.

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