As my 'achilles tendon' did not produce a notable reaction apart from some tangent hair splitting debate, I will now head it what's coming : 'a half a loaf is...
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Paul Metz
mtz_pl
Apr 1, 2007 7:37 pm
Hi Harry, I too continue to have a different opinion to yours and am glad to see many others now call for debate on a strategy for LVT. I ALSO WILL LIMIT...
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Harry Pollard
haledward1
Apr 1, 2007 7:37 pm
Mark and Mark, Excellent discussion. I arrived in Ontario back in 1954 with $84 in my hot little hand ready for my assault on the New World. Some 18 months...
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Roy Langston
roy_langston1
Apr 2, 2007 6:22 am
Hello, All; ... That sounds rather optimistic to me, given the number of people who own land and consider their interests to be intimately dependent on their...
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Julien Gross
juliengross1
Apr 2, 2007 6:22 am
... No--it did not happen. It was a joke I borrowed from a friend of Georgism, who wanted to illustrate the paradox between,on one hand, being jailed for...
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Harry Pollard
haledward1
Apr 2, 2007 6:22 am
I do recommend that over coffee, members of the Land Café check out Mason’s web site and read ‘Published Works’ – Section G – “Adequacy . . . ...
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Edward Dodson
ejdodson
Apr 2, 2007 6:22 am
Julien Gross wrote: To reject Land Nationalisation and wait for the LVT to emerge one day as a Deux ex Machina without the Georgist overtaking the commanding ...
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Harry Pollard
haledward1
Apr 2, 2007 6:22 am
Julian, They might cry out "Long live Liberty and Justice for all". Collecting Rent is the path to liberty and justice for all. It is vastly superior to land...
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Harry Pollard
haledward1
Apr 2, 2007 6:22 am
Dave, Good! “De-regulation” of airlines was good thing, though there was grumbling from those lucky enough to enjoy travelling by air without having to...
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Wetzel Dave
davewetzel@...
Apr 2, 2007 6:22 am
"Adequacy of Land as a Tax Base." In Daniel Holland (ed.), The Assessment of Land Value. Madison: Univ. of Wisconsin Press, 1970, pp. 157-212. Just to make it...
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Paul Metz
mtz_pl
Apr 2, 2007 6:23 am
Dave, As I told you, I was there to represent e5, the European Business Council for Sustainable Energy and our members did not yet mandate me to promote LVT,...
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Mark Monson
mark_monson2
Apr 2, 2007 6:23 am
... LVT should be part of economic reform which should be part of great political change will won't come about by seven or eight guys talking over the Internet...
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Mark Porthouse
markporthouse
Apr 2, 2007 6:23 am
Hi Julien, My apologies for not replying to your 'achilles tendon' post (which is still highlighted in my Land Caf folder for attention!). Your comments...
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Paul Metz
mtz_pl
Apr 3, 2007 5:42 am
Very good advice. We should less talk as if problems are new and more read what was already proposed. For example, I was recently reading Kamran Mofid's...
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Jeffery J. Smith
jahuusax
Apr 3, 2007 5:42 am
... Hear, hear! SMITH, Jeffery J. President, Forum on Geonomics jjs@...; www.geonomics.org Share Earth's worth to prosper and conserve....
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Wetzel Dave
davewetzel@...
Apr 3, 2007 5:42 am
Paul , LVT is not TfL policy unfortunately. This doesn't prevent me from always managing to include Annual Land Value Tax in my speeches. TfL has however,...
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Harry Pollard
haledward1
Apr 3, 2007 5:42 am
Dave, Well said! But you must remember health workers wear white coats and are clean, whereas the sewer workers get filthy and spent their time in obnoxious...
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Wetzel Dave
davewetzel@...
Apr 3, 2007 5:43 am
"People would die of illness, lacking the services of ... "Most would live". I like this exchange between Harry and Fred! However, I believe that dustman...
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mark_monson2
Apr 5, 2007 7:53 am
LVT News Digest - 4 April 2007 Crunching the numbers: Sharon considering a land value tax Sharon Herald - Sharon,PA,USA Mercer County Revenue Director Michael...
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Mark Monson
mark_monson2
Apr 5, 2007 7:54 am
LVT News Digest - 22 March 2007 Sharon council mulls land value tax Sharon Herald - Sharon,PA,USA ... land value tax would reward people who keep their...
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Harry Pollard
haledward1
Apr 5, 2007 7:54 am
See below - Henry George was right after all! ********************************** Henry George School of Social Science of Los Angeles. Box 655 Tujunga CA...
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Wetzel Dave
davewetzel@...
Apr 5, 2007 7:54 am
I wrote "The UK’s Oxford land value study in the Vale of White Horse’s Botley area showed potential winners and losers. Perhaps Brian Hodgson the Chair of...
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Harry Pollard
haledward1
Apr 5, 2007 7:54 am
Dave, What does the "residual method of valuation" mean? Harry ********************************** Henry George School of Social Science of Los Angeles. Box 655...
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Roy Langston
roy_langston1
Apr 5, 2007 7:54 am
Hello, All; ... They are net losers under the system. ... That's a good question. Anyone here know of any credible research showing the net gains and losses...
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Wetzel Dave
davewetzel@...
Apr 5, 2007 7:55 am
See http://www.lyonsinquiry.org.uk/submissions/Land%20Value%20Taxation%20Campaign%20-%20Henry%20Law.pdf Or Ted Gwartney's website. Henry Abbott may also wish...
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Dan Sullivan
dansullivan0
Apr 5, 2007 7:55 am
I have to agree with Paul on this one. My experience is that people are quick to project their own biases onto the public instead of studying history in search...
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Wetzel Dave
davewetzel@...
Apr 5, 2007 7:55 am
"Is it not much easier to follow the very normal path of taxation by "trial without (too much) error" ? Start with a moderate rate, avoid pain by revenue...
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Dan Sullivan
dansullivan0
Apr 5, 2007 7:55 am
... There are two things you can do. In a given taxing year, you can do one or the other without creating voter confsuion, but you cannnot do both. You can...
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Paul Metz [mailto:met...
fekbritton
Apr 5, 2007 7:55 am
From: Paul Metz [mailto:metz@...] Paul Metz comments: only (an extra) tax can help achieve real and lasting fuel efficiency and responsible...
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Wetzel Dave
davewetzel@...
Apr 5, 2007 7:55 am
The UK's Oxford land value study in the Vale of White Horse's Botley area showed potential winners and losers. Perhaps Brian Hodgson the Chair of the Labour...
