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“Worthless” is a false dichotomy, people will still need, use and pay for land. And progressively levying a LVT would make a lot more sense than flipping a swi
by aunty_helen 5y ago
“Worthless” is a false dichotomy, people will still need, use and pay for land.
And progressively levying a LVT would make a lot more sense than flipping a switch and upside downing the economy.
- SilasX 5y agoYes, but it’s worthless to the owner on the market, as the entire point of Georgism is to drive said land value to zero. Yes, people would pay for it, but those payments would not go to the owner, as they would be diverted to the government via tax, functionally the same as if a tax made your retirement account worthless.