Quoting John David Kromkowski on Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:06:59 -0500: ___k_r_johansen___ The VOA AFAIK only makes frequent assessment with regards to those...
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mattbieker
Nov 28, 2012 3:54 pm
This may be of use: http://www.monbiot.com/2012/11/26/the-fat-of-the-land/...
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John
burns_curtis
Nov 28, 2012 4:17 pm
... The UK is desperately short of homes - like a few million or so. People do want to live in the countryside. The autonomous house is virtually here....
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k_r_johansen
Nov 28, 2012 5:24 pm
... According to emptyhomes.com, you've got 920.000 to fill up first, something which is easily corrected by you know what. And they definetly don't want to...
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John David Kromkowski
jdk_maryland...
Nov 28, 2012 5:32 pm
If one is going to work out a system with exemption/discount (or even benefits - like council tax has for low income, there are benefits calculators which...
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John David Kromkowski
jdk_maryland...
Nov 28, 2012 5:43 pm
Let's be reasonable about the reality rather than romantic about the "back to nature Bobs". People all over the world are moving to cities. And they have...
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k_r_johansen
Nov 28, 2012 5:46 pm
... Exactly. There are so many benefits and separate taxes in the UK system that there are countless ways of sneaking in a LVT/UIE without anyone noticing....
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roy_langston
Nov 28, 2012 6:49 pm
... The most accurate index of rent is to GDP, not inflation. -- Roy Langston...
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roy_langston
Nov 28, 2012 7:02 pm
... Thanks, Matt. Grotesque, appalling, obscene, _evil_... but so very unsurprising. -- Roy Langston...
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walto
walterhorn
Nov 28, 2012 9:03 pm
... Wow, that really is disgusting. W...
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Matt Bieker
mattbieker
Nov 28, 2012 9:06 pm
I was cleaning off my desktop today, when I came across the PDF I've attached to this post. I can't remember where I came across it (I searched, and it...
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John David Kromkowski
jdk_maryland...
Nov 28, 2012 9:32 pm
... SOURCE? I was just offering a means of a back of the envelope guestimation from 1910 Finance Act figures....
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Wyn Achenbaum
lvtfan
Nov 28, 2012 9:35 pm
I have a transcription of this if anyone is interested ... Note: Herman Bernstein included this interview in a 1913 book entitled "With Master Minds" found at ...
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roy_langston
Nov 28, 2012 9:49 pm
... JS Mill, Principles of Political Economy. This fact is widely known and not controversial in geoist circles, as it was to classical economists including...
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John David Kromkowski
jdk_maryland...
Nov 28, 2012 10:02 pm
"GDP" was first developed in 1930s so hardly JS Mill. And Mill proposed that "growth" was not unlimited. He could be right. Who knows? But your link...
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Dave Wetzel
wetzelda2000
Nov 29, 2012 12:00 am
"What was the British TV comedy in 70 or 80s about exec going backing to nature off the grid. Kind of like American "Green Acres" but more hippy dippy spin to...
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Dave Wetzel
wetzelda2000
Nov 29, 2012 12:34 am
"They are responsible for the valuations for council tax, but they haven't been done for a while." Not since 1991. Dave Wetzel...
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roy_langston
Nov 29, 2012 2:29 am
... GDP is merely a measure of production, so yes, in fact, Mill. ... I couldn't care less if it is Georgist theory. It is obvious (to anyone who devotes a...
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derekrss
Nov 29, 2012 5:56 am
... Good for you, Dave! I always liked Richard Briers in all the parts he played on TV and it's good to hear that he is still going strong....
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John
burns_curtis
Nov 29, 2012 8:11 am
... Most of these should have been bulldozed decades ago and are not fit for purpose. Flats over shops are now very much empty as people do not want to access...
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John
burns_curtis
Nov 29, 2012 8:29 am
... I recall seeing him a number of times as boy in the street in Liverpool. He was staying in digs near us and performing at one of the local theatres. A very...
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k_r_johansen
Nov 29, 2012 9:26 am
... Agreed. I loathe buses. ... They absolutely do, that's why middle-class homeownerists would love trams to be built near them :) I think I read a study by...
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Harry Pollard
harrypollard0
Nov 29, 2012 5:03 pm
After WWII, Bevan boasted that he would solve the housing problem in six months. He aimed to build 200,000 houses in the year (a worthwhile figure as about...
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John
burns_curtis
Nov 29, 2012 8:20 pm
-- In LandCafe@yahoogroups.com <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LandCafe/post?postID=r6vQl30B0SSBk_pVCq4s\ ...
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Dave Wetzel
wetzelda2000
Nov 30, 2012 5:05 pm
The DLR - (Docklands Light Railway) in London is an example of a tram on dedicated track. Dave Wetzel...
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Harry Pollard
harrypollard0
Nov 30, 2012 9:47 pm
Roy, You replied to my contention as follows: HP: > These monopoly values would disappear with a full Rent collection, leaving us with ?. RL: No, they would...
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John
burns_curtis
Nov 30, 2012 11:04 pm
... Dave, semantics. The DLR is "light rail". Rail people put light rail together with trams. Trams run on streets, the DLR does not. DLR is a "light rail"...
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Harry Pollard
harrypollard0
Dec 1, 2012 12:49 am
Roy, Here you go again! HP: > The monopolist achieves his high return by refusing to supply demand. RL: That is simply false. He is happy to supply all the...
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roy_langston
Dec 1, 2012 12:59 am
... No. It is only contrary to Pollardian theory. There is no part of Georgist theory that predicts a large reduction in aggregate land rent as a result of...
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roy_langston
Dec 1, 2012 1:18 am
... Mostly land speculators (including banksters) and governments. Your question is not responsive to my statement. ... And probably own some of them. So...? ...
