... As over half the Labour MPs in 1945 were for LVT, forming a Labour lobby group then would have made sense. The Liberals became an unelectable has-been...
14458
Harry Pollard
harrypollard0
Nov 25, 2012 7:50 pm
Scott, Most of the offered "causes" of depression are actually triggers that send a strained economy over the brink. As Samuelson said, a reasonably able...
14457
Harry Pollard
harrypollard0
Nov 25, 2012 7:33 pm
When I took an interest in politics after WWII I joined the Liberal Party because I liked their emphasis on 'liberty and justice for all'. They were free...
14456
John
burns_curtis
Nov 25, 2012 1:43 pm
... more ... built ... forestry ... Even doubling the urban footprint in the UK to accommodate 120 million people, still will not impact farming land to a...
14455
k_r_johansen
Nov 25, 2012 12:12 pm
Well exactly. I didn't say there isn't land for urban expansion. But neither is there any reason to believe farming won't be present any more either. The...
14454
John
burns_curtis
Nov 25, 2012 11:57 am
... the UK would > entirely be turned over to houses and > forests upon abolishment of the CAP. The above two points are myth. The UK is NOT small. Contrary...
14453
John
burns_curtis
Nov 25, 2012 11:07 am
... Quoting John on Sun, 25 Nov 2012 00:44:17 -0000:> > ___Harry Pollard___> A principal advantage of free trade is that> it binds countries together - it's...
14452
John
burns_curtis
Nov 25, 2012 9:54 am
... A good name for a party, however it is already claimed and a well established and respected party....
14451
Scott Bergeson
shbergeson
Nov 25, 2012 2:18 am
Quoting John on Sun, 25 Nov 2012 00:44:17 -0000: ___Harry Pollard___ A principal advantage of free trade is that it binds countries together - it's anti-war. ...
14450
roy_langston
Nov 25, 2012 2:03 am
... Calling it the "Young People's Party" is self-evidently idiotic. Its appeal is limited to the demographic that is not only the poorest, least willing, and...
14449
John
burns_curtis
Nov 25, 2012 1:35 am
... At polling only 39 votes in the Corby by-election a few weeks ago, it is clear their angle in putting it across is wrong. OK, they have no money. ...
14448
John
burns_curtis
Nov 25, 2012 12:44 am
... We had a sort of free trade, then a world-wide crash came in 1929. There was need, there was skilled labour, but the broken system could not bring them...
14446
John
burns_curtis
Nov 25, 2012 12:12 am
... The had ranches in Brazil, Venezuela, Australia, Argentina, Uruguay and New Zealand. Look up the Darwin rebellion in Australia. ...
14445
Scott Bergeson
shbergeson
Nov 24, 2012 5:39 pm
Quoting Harry Pollard on Sat, 24 Nov 2012 09:06:15 -0800: ___Harry___ if we import our bulk foods, farm land is given over to animals, which provide instant...
14444
Harry Pollard
harrypollard0
Nov 24, 2012 5:06 pm
Scott, When WWII began we were the principal customer of - if my memory serves me - 46 nations, In other words, 46 nations had a vested interest in supplying...
14443
Scott Bergeson
shbergeson
Nov 24, 2012 4:30 pm
Asks Harry Pollard on Sat, 24 Nov 2012 08:24:53 -0800: ___David Reed___ Although it is easier to see the disadvantages of importing and relying on cheap...
14442
Harry Pollard
harrypollard0
Nov 24, 2012 4:24 pm
David, "Although it is easier to see the disadvantages of importing and relying on cheap foreign food . . . . ": What are these disadvantages? Harry ...
14441
ejdodson@...
ejdodson
Nov 24, 2012 2:11 am
Harry, you wrote: I would like your review, Ed. Ed here: Here you go, Harry. Hope you find it of interest....
14440
roy_langston
Nov 23, 2012 8:37 pm
... No, the privileged modus operandi. There is nothing laissez faire or free market about privilege. Blaming the free market for privilege is a classic,...
14439
David Reed
dbcreed@...
Nov 23, 2012 7:34 pm
The Vestey family might be said to stand as representative of a strand of the laissez faire modus operandi. (They still own cattle ranches in Venezuela of all...
14438
Harry Pollard
harrypollard0
Nov 23, 2012 6:35 pm
Well said, Roy! Harry ********************** *The Alumni Group * *The Henry George School* *of Los Angeles* *Tujunga CA 90243* * (818) 352-4141* ...
14437
Harry Pollard
harrypollard0
Nov 23, 2012 6:31 pm
I would like your review, Ed. Harry ********************** *The Alumni Group * *The Henry George School* *of Los Angeles* *Tujunga CA 90243* * (818)...
14436
Dave Wetzel
wetzelda2000
Nov 23, 2012 6:26 pm
Mark is not a Conservative Party member. He used to be UKIP and is now a founder member of the Young People's Party formed earlier this year to fight UK...
14435
Harry Pollard
harrypollard0
Nov 23, 2012 5:21 pm
JDK, Those who survive are presumably the fittest to survive for the "fittest" just describes those who have survived. With regard to your last sentence –...
14434
John
burns_curtis
Nov 23, 2012 1:05 pm
... People's Party (UK), > to fight by-elections. Its manifesto is Georgist ... They call LVT: 1. National Non-Domestic Rates 2. National Domestic Rates (NDR)....
14433
John
burns_curtis
Nov 23, 2012 1:02 pm
... Derek thanks. This new party is a single issue high profile get awareness party. He may be in danger of giving LVT a cult image and the followers viewed...
14432
derekrss
Nov 23, 2012 4:33 am
... Used to be in the Conservative Party. He left them years ago (and more recently the UK Independence Party) because they wouldn't consider LVT. He's now...
14429
John
burns_curtis
Nov 22, 2012 3:55 pm
I noticed a group of Conservative London MPs collectively wrote a letter to the London Evening Standard - last night's edition - slagging the LibDems "Mansion...
14428
k_r_johansen
Nov 22, 2012 12:38 pm
BTW I meant "whether to allocate more land to building is a planning and political issue". Also read this article on ending subsidies in NZ....
14427
k_r_johansen
Nov 22, 2012 11:22 am
Re poor performing ag, remember if we assume that most of the subsidies go into landowners pockets, we must also assume that the actual business of farming is...
