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Re:Detroit wants to be the first big American city to tax la... by bombcar on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @12:07PM (#37917247)
So limiting Georgism LVT to only commercial real estate would get you all of the benefit without affecting residential properties?

Then simply enact that, and the voters won't care because their taxes will stay the same (they probably will never actually decrease).

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Re:Detroit wants to be the first big American city to tax la... by AlchemistCamp on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @05:16PM (#37921684)
That isn't quite what I said, but I really suggest Lars's book, if you have a genuine interest in this!

You won't get an absolutely black and white one sentence solution from it, but it is thought-provoking and contains some really useful ideas, IMO.

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