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Middle class families in single family homes are hoarding a scarce and essential resource. Billionaires in high rises aren’t. The idea is to punish bad behavior
by closeparen 5y ago
Middle class families in single family homes are hoarding a scarce and essential resource. Billionaires in high rises aren’t. The idea is to punish bad behavior and reward good behavior, not to cut down the tall poppies.
- reedjosh 5y agoIn urban area's sure, but I don't think it's fair to call it hoarding in suburban or rural areas. There's tons of land in the US, it's just that there are no homes _right_ next to jobs and restaurants and the culture people want to live in. Now that I'm remote, I plan to move to a rural area and grow some of my own food in a single family home. I don't think that should be considered hoarding.
- closeparen 5y agoWhere there’s tons of land, it’s not that valuable. LVT would be low. It would only be punitive to people with a lot of land (per person) in those spots that are valuable because of those restaurants, culture, jobs, etc. nearby.
- reedjosh 5y agoI don't really disagree with the LVT tax idea, I just want people to be clear about hoarding and single family homes. In regards to pushing single family homes out of high value areas, then LVT does make sense. That said, I'm a crazy pro individualism and no tax no government guy, so I have no real place in this thread. : p
- admax88q 5y agoIf you move rural you're not hoarding. If your holding a small single family home in the core of a dense city where lots of jobs are, you are hoarding. That land would probably serve society better if it had more than a single family dwelling on it, you could have 10 families in walking distance of their jobs rather than one, and 9 families commuting via car.
- reedjosh 5y agoI'm fine with this statement, just wanted clarity. : )
- world_peace42 5y agoI’m sure many peasant farmers living in feudal lands share the same perspective as you on what resources are scarce.