News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on America’s Covid job-saving programme gave most of its cash to the rich. Parent comment

Re:America’s Covid job-saving programme gave most of its cas... by dnautics on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @07:40PM (#30171957)
So a unit that abuts the el should have the same per acre value as a unit a block and a half away?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:America’s Covid job-saving programme gave most of its cas... by zip1234 on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @08:38PM (#30172389)
Clearly you need comps to figure it out. It is certainly possible especially in the data driven world we have today.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:America’s Covid job-saving programme gave most of its cas... by dnautics on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @08:41PM (#30172402)
How did that work out for Zillow?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:America’s Covid job-saving programme gave most of its cas... by rthomas6 on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @08:51PM (#30172496)
What would the unit cost if it were an empty lot? That is the tax.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:America’s Covid job-saving programme gave most of its cas... by dnautics on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @09:46PM (#30172999)
Until you get the capability of temporarily creating a parallel universe and rolling it back, It's an unanswerable question, that's the point. Also you are confusing cost for price.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:America’s Covid job-saving programme gave most of its cas... by rthomas6 on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @08:50AM (#30177441)
Denmark must be capable of creating parallel universes then.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_in_Denmark#Land_value...

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:America’s Covid job-saving programme gave most of its cas... by alistairSH on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @04:45AM (#30175560)
That’s no more true under LVT than it is today.
[ Parent | on HN ]