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This is the ultimate result of any taxation system that penalizes income and encourages property ownership.
by prostoalex 7y ago
This is the ultimate result of any taxation system that penalizes income and encourages property ownership.
- Miner49er 7y agoI'd say it's the ultimate result of any economic system that rewards property ownership above all else.
- skosch 7y agoIt's difficult to argue that this isn't at least a big part of the problem. The mathematically ideal solution may be something close to Partial Common Ownership[0]: you self-assess what your property is worth, and you get taxed based on that number. However, that number is public, and if someone wants to buy your property at that price, you must sell to them. This system encourages optimal allocation of resources and penalizes hoarding. [0] See Glen Weyl's fantastic book "Radical Markets". Full chapter here: https://assets.press.princeton.edu/chapters/s11222.pdf https://assets.press.princeton.edu/chapters/s11222.pdf
- newguy1234 7y agoThere is more to it than that. Another possible explanation is simply the Pareto rule (80/20 rule) where most revenue/consumer spending is going to the top 20% brands/companies etc. This is occurring for obvious reasons - those top 20% have better products/marketing/technology and so on so of course wealth is going to flow to those top 20%. So even if you did re-distribute the wealth then the top 20% would still end up with the wealth because the consumers would simply spend the money on buying products/services from the top 20%.