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What?! Poor people can always be abused by driving up taxation. You don't need to tax their homes, you can just tax their food, water, electricity and fuel. I
by tomp 9y ago
What?! Poor people can always be abused by driving up taxation. You don't need to tax their homes, you can just tax their food, water, electricity and fuel.
I see a much bigger problem in land ownership encouraging concentration of capital. We should be encouraging productivity, innovation, hard work, not rent-seeking.
- ctdonath 9y agoIf you own land, without property tax, you can become completely self sufficient: grow food, build shelter, produce power, collect water. I grew up close to that, and could have done it 100% if needed. Outright land ownership is critical to survival, independence, and productivity. Property taxes are horribly destructive.