Does Georgism Work? Five Years Later

Re:Does Georgism Work? Five Years Later by margalabargala on Saturday September 26, 2026 @10:52PM (#49862898)

> All homeowners care about here is their total real estate tax. How it is split between land and property nobody pays attention to.

Right, because there's already a home on the property.

Anyone who owns a parking lot or vacant lot, will care very much about the split.

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Re:Does Georgism Work? Five Years Later by intrasight on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @08:37AM (#49892168)

Then it's just an argument about raising taxes, which any municipality could choose to do, rather than a question of land value tax.

Georgeism is just silly from economics standpoint

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Re:Does Georgism Work? Five Years Later by margalabargala on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @10:01AM (#49893447)

I think you misunderstand. Having separate land and property taxes allows the city a lever to discourage vacant lots.

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Re:Does Georgism Work? Five Years Later by intrasight on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @12:10PM (#49895751)

Vacant land has just one tax - which they can raise.

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Re:Does Georgism Work? Five Years Later by margalabargala on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @01:52PM (#49897492)

Right exactly. And by raising land tax and lowering (ha) or keeping constant property tax they discourage vacant lots without punishing homeowners even more, which is what happens everywhere else.

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