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Re:Hacker Publishes 2TB of Data from Cayman National Bank by boomboomsubban on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @02:53AM (#21571315)
>HK raises practically all of its revenue from land

I don't know what you mean. Hong Kong is a trading port, and any wealth it "creates" is done by refining imported materials. This option is only available someplace lots of trade naturally occurs, like Hong Kong's river basin.

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Re:Hacker Publishes 2TB of Data from Cayman National Bank by aianus on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @12:31PM (#21586100)
I mean the government raises its tax revenue almost exclusively by leasing land and taxing real estate transactions instead of taxing income like we do in the West.
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Re:Hacker Publishes 2TB of Data from Cayman National Bank by boomboomsubban on Friday November 22, 2019 @03:59PM (#21610019)
This system isn't very exportable, I can't imagine the nationalization of land being a popular move no matter how low you promised to make income tax.
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