I encourage you to create an account on this website, and weigh in! (Apologies for cross-posting) ...
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bruno moser
bruno.moser@...
Sep 11, 2011 8:42 pm
9/11 was a tax-funded inside job (so have been the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the pat downs and cancer-screenings at airports the ...
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Joshua Vincent
joshua@...
Sep 10, 2011 4:37 am
Lest we be pulled in again, and appear fools again, "selah": http://www.slate.com/id/2302853/ Disagreements to joshua@..., privately; let's not waste...
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bruno moser
bruno.moser@...
Sep 9, 2011 8:46 pm
Just came across this exchange with edward Griffin (author of "The Creatures of Jekyll Island). Landtaxers should read the second last paragraph and wonder why...
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Edward Dodson
ejdodson
Sep 9, 2011 2:41 pm
Friends and colleagues - As you may recall, for several years now I have been producing a periodic update on the U.S. economy and made this available to anyone...
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jdk_maryland_atty
jdk_maryland...
Sep 8, 2011 8:51 pm
Reduce the Corporate Income Tax to 0, but replace it with Corporate Owned Land Value Tax (not the buildings just the land value) apportioned among the states,...
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jdk_maryland_atty
jdk_maryland...
Sep 8, 2011 8:44 pm
Yes, in general a "split" rate which taxes commercial buildings more is going to be no good. But the 4 rate (comm land, comm bldg, res land, res bldg) solution...
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Wyn Achenbaum
lvtfan
Sep 8, 2011 7:14 pm
Massachusetts has a "split rate" provision which, as I understand it, permits towns to increase the millage rates on commercial property by 15% (or maybe it is...
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jdk_maryland_atty
jdk_maryland...
Sep 8, 2011 3:42 pm
Wyn: Maryland has had a circuit breaker/homestead tax credit for quite sometime. One of the problems in Maryland is that no city wants to be the first one in...
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Dave Wetzel
wetzelda2000
Sep 8, 2011 12:47 pm
Hi, These short films might interest you. http://www.youtube.com/user/geophilos See also: www.theIU.org www.LabourLand.org Best Wishes, ** * Dave* Dave Wetzel ...
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Wyn Achenbaum
lvtfan
Sep 8, 2011 12:21 am
Bill Batt has written a good piece on the Poor Widow issue -- see http://www.wealthandwant.com/docs/unindexed/Batt_poor_widow_solution.htm ... That's an...
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Harry Pollard
harrypollard0
Sep 7, 2011 9:33 pm
In Los Angeles we can defer payment of property tax if we are seniors on limited incomes. In a Georgist society, this situation would only arise during the...
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walto
walterhorn
Sep 7, 2011 5:12 pm
... That's an interesting point. But, of course, such a "what39;s good for the goose is good for the gander" issue can be addressed in two ways. That is, maybe...
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Scott on the Spot
ssbaker305
Sep 7, 2011 3:11 pm
I should have been clearer. Yes, transfer of ownership to heirs or whatever should trigger the tax payment part. So far, no answer. I wonder who else we...
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roy_langston1
Sep 6, 2011 6:19 pm
... Good catch, Dave. ... Because a young resident owner could move out, and pocket the rent for decades hoping for a reversion to landowner privilege. Why...
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Dave Wetzel
wetzelda2000
Sep 6, 2011 12:35 pm
Hi Scott et al, This is a really good and worthwhile effort. One small quibble though. You say: "it's possible to defer tax collection until death or sale of...
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Joshua Vincent
joshua@...
Sep 5, 2011 10:31 pm
Well, stay tuned for at least the next six months, then unsubscribe, that's what I do with tactical LVT situations. Joshua Vincent, Executive Director Center...
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Scott Baker
ssbaker305
Sep 5, 2011 7:56 pm
Dear M. Skrifstofa: Congratulations on your new constitution! Your American supporters are watching your progress with great anticipation and hope. Here in...
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Scott on the Spot
ssbaker305
Sep 5, 2011 1:36 pm
This would be a great idea, but who is going to crunch the data, even for a small region? Every region has different tax policies, resulting in different...
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Bill Batt
bill.batt
Sep 5, 2011 12:29 pm
Harry, thanks for that edification on Chris Tame. Â If you browse the Amazon site of his "book" you'll be able to read at least the introduction and understand...
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Scott Baker
ssbaker305
Sep 5, 2011 7:07 am
Done (though I can't say I'm happy having to register for yet another unwanted news-site): LVT is one of the most proven economic theories out there. It works,...
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Joshua Vincent
joshua@...
Sep 5, 2011 1:26 am
The best practice for LVT is not amongst the group, but in the media, and those that have no idea. Who will lend a paragraph? ...
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Harry Pollard
haledward1
Sep 4, 2011 6:22 pm
As I told Jock, I knew Chris Tame, who was a pretty good guy - he arranged for my presentation to a Libertarian International Conference in London. I visited...
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Scott on the Spot
ssbaker305
Sep 4, 2011 2:02 pm
It looks like my account was hacked when I was in Italy recently, using public Wifi spots. I changed my password now, and hope this will go away.... Sorry...
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Bill Batt
hwbatt
Sep 3, 2011 11:42 pm
Folks, there was a Google alert for a new Georgist book the other day, available on Kindle only -- for ten bucks. Anyway, got a copy, so now I have to learn...
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Joshua Vincent
joshua@...
Sep 3, 2011 4:11 pm
It's a hack, don't click on it; it's a virus. Joshua Vincent, Executive Director Center for the Study of Economics 413 South 10th Street Philadelphia, PA 19147...
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Scott Baker
ssbaker305
Sep 3, 2011 12:27 pm
..I’ll be most delighted to invite you to the drugstore of your dream. http://www.carlosrodero.com/com.friend.php?ygoogle=70t9...
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Eric Britton
fekbritton
Sep 2, 2011 12:41 pm
From: David Brooks [mailto:davidsb1@...] Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 4:47 AM Real Estate 4 Ransom September 2, 2011 - 12:11PM Comments 17 ...
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John
burns_curtis
Sep 1, 2011 9:51 pm
A video from Fred Harrison featuring Mason Gaffney. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwkvHPnDqwY&feature=player_profilepage...
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roy_langston1
Sep 1, 2011 8:26 am
... IMO "Inside Job" is far better. It also won an Oscar for best documentary. -- Roy Langston...