Re:Land value tax in online games and virtual worlds
by robertlagrant on Friday June 14, 2024 @06:24AM
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I would love to have that discussion, as I agree instinctively, having worked with local and national government bodes in the UK - it does seem as though the current way is very expensive. But what could we chop off without making it much worse?
There are taxes that are there to nudge people and encourage certain things, but all in all the point is to finance the state.
In most developed countries the state, in one form or another, has taken on many functions and services and that implies that taxation has to be significant. So before discussing cutting tax we need to think about what the state should offload (if anything) first.