>> Someone who went off and lived in the sticks where land was practically worthless could reduce their tax bill to next to nothing. It would be much smaller,

>> Someone who went off and lived in the sticks where land was practically worthless could reduce their tax bill to next to nothing. It would be much smaller, of course, but the cost and accident risks of commuting and loss of high-density conveniences would be a strong countervailing force for most. The real trick of a tax system is to punish productivity as little as possible while charging fees for resource usage. Toll roads, gasoline taxes, park entrance fees are "good" taxes. Part of the problem with Henry George's scheme is that it doesn't take those into account.