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Re:Does Georgism work? Is land a big deal? by lelanthran on Thursday December 09, 2021 @01:07AM (#29494360)
> FWIW, I just looked up my own property tax records and there's no breakdown, so not sure how common that is.

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> That said, it is done for property insurance, so I think your point that it's already done stands.

I dunno how useful that will be - my insurance is based on how much it would cost to rebuild the house if it burned down.

This lead to the comedic result that what I paid for the house at the time was about half what the insured value was. My property tax is calculated on the selling price, though.

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Re:Does Georgism work? Is land a big deal? by DarylZero on Thursday December 09, 2021 @10:08AM (#29498150)
That comedic situation is exactly the reason your insurance works like that. The insurance company knows it's in your interest to burn it down and sell the empty plot so they only insure it in a way that prevents that.
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