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Few Ideas: 1. Let a non-profit run those kinds of businesses. The non-profit , before starting would establish clear rules that prevent eviction, discriminatio
by petra 11y ago
Few Ideas:
1. Let a non-profit run those kinds of businesses. The non-profit , before starting would establish clear rules that prevent eviction, discrimination and the other nasty stuff. Financing should be gotten from institutional investors, by promising some fixed rate of return.
2. Let the government run that, it works pretty well in many places around the world , in creating a relatively stable living environment.
3. better regulation to prevent nasty behaviors.
- cududa 11y ago2 and 3 sound like basically section 9 housing. I like 1 - any ideas how you'd get the land for these? Would existing trailer parks be bought out?
- tmptmp 11y agoGet some land off from the existing land-owners who have it in excess over some threshold (by legislating some "ceiling on land-holding" act). Of course, that should not be done entirely in the "communist style" though, i.e. it can be done by giving them reasonable compensation. I guess, some "ceiling on land-holding" act is a must if we want reasonable check on inequality. Currently the US economy stinks of the problems of feudalism - some kings and barons with a lot of land and then some more people down their rank with some land while the rest of the people with almost no land and perpetual poverty.
- tamana 11y ago"Land Value Tax". This is well studied area of economics.
- tmptmp 11y agoI am not saying "Land Value Tax", which basically is a levy on the "unimproved" value of land.[1] What I am saying is nobody (including corporations) should be allowed to own land for the sake of renting purposes. If you own more than a threshold, you should just hand it over to the government, for some compensation and then if you think you have any excess land left over that you can rent, you should just sell it. In short, no renting of land at all. I know, there are some issues to it, but I guess, those can be resolved, without much harming the economy of the 99.99% of the people. Please correct me if I am wrong w.r.t. "Land Value Tax" vs "ceiling on land holding". [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_value_tax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_value_tax edit: added clarification at end.
- petra 11y agoEither existing parks should be bought, or seeking out new land, i think., but i'm just guessing.
- tamana 11y ago"Non-profit" is an ownership structure. It doesn't guarantee that management isn't commanding extortionate salaries.