How Much Land Does a Man Need? (1886)

Re:How Much Land Does a Man Need? (1886) by harimau777 on Sunday January 05, 2020 @07:10PM (#21965279)

Presumably it would also be possible to take steps to adjust the LVT. For example, perhaps the first x thousand dollars of a family's primary home is untaxed.

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Re:How Much Land Does a Man Need? (1886) by cmcaine on Sunday January 05, 2020 @07:50PM (#21965507)

But why? What problem would that rebate seek to solve?

If the concern is that poor people might be unable to afford to stay in their homes, why not target poverty or house prices directly rather than adjusting the tax?

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Re:How Much Land Does a Man Need? (1886) by eru on Monday January 06, 2020 @12:30AM (#21966735)

Rebates for primary homes are especially annoying, because they get the government into the business of deciding what your primary home is.

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Re:How Much Land Does a Man Need? (1886) by harimau777 on Sunday January 05, 2020 @08:27PM (#21965681)

Either would be fine as long as it works. I just meant that there are different ways that a LVT could be implemented.

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Re:How Much Land Does a Man Need? (1886) by iso947 on Monday January 06, 2020 @03:25AM (#21967524)

If you want to avoid the cash flow problem you allow the tax to be levied as a charge on the land - collected at disposal

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