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Perhaps this makes it less puzzling https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geolibertarianism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geolibertarianism Basically the idea is t
by CuriousSkeptic 7y ago
Perhaps this makes it less puzzling https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geolibertarianism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geolibertarianism
Basically the idea is that UBI follows naturally from the fundamental right to the commons. To make the commons private property it’s only fair that the owner compensate the excluded commoners for the privilege.
- clairity 7y agothat there is a strain of libertarianism that isn't 100% pro private property rights is interesting. but i'm not sure UBI serves the purpose of redistributing the common interest in property, even in part, because that seems to depend on how the money is taxed.
- CuriousSkeptic 7y agoThat wikipedia page makes a passing reference to Henry George who argued for a single tax. That is, the only tax should be the land value tax and no income taxes would be needed, or justified. I guess an other framing would be that property owners rent property from the commons, at market value. So it’s not really a tax either, more or a rent.