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> I have zero confidence that a Georgist tax would be revenue neutral It's pretty trivially easy to make any tax revenue neutral. Just return 100% of the tax r
by colinmhayes 4y ago
> I have zero confidence that a Georgist tax would be revenue neutral
It's pretty trivially easy to make any tax revenue neutral. Just return 100% of the tax revenue to the people split evenly between every person or adult in the country.
- notahacker 4y agoBut then we're on to why would the state do that, unless they happen to be a state composed entirely of geolibertarians that think redistributing ground rent is the proper purpose of government? A regular government considering going through the political pain of turfing out homeowners at least wants budget to spend on their actual political priorities (Also, giving tax money "back" to the population is surprisingly nontrivial given political complications over which people qualify to get the rebate, political and practical complications over actually getting the money, and an expected ultimate impact - positive and negative - on the net recipients)
- AnimalMuppet 4y agoMy skepticism has nothing to do with how technically easy it would be. My skepticism comes from observing the behaviors of actual politicians. They're going to spend the money, not give it back, no matter how trivial giving it back would be.