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Property tax seems to me like the most fair of all taxes as the greatest value provided by the state is the enforcement of private property and ownership.

• chii 4y ago
  but this enforcement is utilized by all, for all property and ownership, not just people with land. Why is a land owner paying more taxes than say, a shareholder, or a gold hoarder?
  • isitmadeofglass 4y ago
    Shareholders and gold hoarders pay too. Unless they don’t live in The country, or if they rent in which case they pay indirectly through what they pay to their landlord.
    • chii 4y ago
      > if they rent in which case they pay indirectly through what they pay to their landlord. a land tax is not recoup-able via higher rent. If the rent could be raised, the landlord has no reason not to raise it, so it makes sense that the rent is the maximum the market bears. > Shareholders and gold hoarders pay too they don't pay a % tax of the value of their holdings as tax annually. They pay only after they sell, and make a capital gains.