... How do you propose to implement Stage 1 before implementing Stage 2? There is no individual right to collect rent, and I guarantee you that whatever...
Hi! I use to joke that the worst thing about coming back to Britain from Denmark or France was that British prices then looked cheap - they weren't.. However...
... Hi Roy, Without going in to detail I would suggest that people might quite like the idea of receiving rental income (stage 1). Then after stage 1 they may...
... Spoken word CD is a good idea. I'll go you one better: video. Last summer in Milwaukee I was present for a talk by Dave Wetzel on Location Benefit Levy....
I'm not of Anglo Saxon culture, so I can't see how apposite is the beating of the mule, is the right way of spreading a good message. Wouldn't it be rather...
Julien, A problem that arises in discussion is the tendency to contrast ideal socialism with practical capitalism (or to compare ideal capitalism with...
Tony Blair's Labour Party has just taken a drubbing in yesterday's local elections in the UK. Compass is a Labour Party Think Tank and pressure group. Nb this...
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Jock Coats wrote: ... income is not a great measure of wealth, as we are often told. And whilst ability to pay tends to talk about incomes, out of which you...
http://www.edcnews.se/Research/RentSeeking.html "To avoid misunderstandings, "rent" in this context has nothing to do with "rent" in the sense of rent for land...
Olala, Dave why is your bike stolen by a "she" ? Is it a metaphor or reality ? Bad luck anyhow. But, more seriously, I wonder why this irrelevant question of...
... If the "carbon tax" is on carbon inputs such as gasoline, then it is not like a land tax. Carbon inputs are not land, and gasoline is not a social problem....
... While this approach would certainly make the income tax fairer and less economically damaging; the problem is that to raise revenue comparable to current...
Hello, All; ... While I certainly do not advocate compensating landholders for the loss of their unjust privileges, it should be borne in mind that land was...
Nb Its a small world. I spoke in Milwaukee last summer at a number of meetings organised by my good friend Bill Sell. Now Bill Sell and Milwaukee sends one of...
Wetzel Dave
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Harry pollard asks if " you nationalize land, would you pay compensation to the landholders, or not?" I had my bike stolen last Thursday. If I see the thief...
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... I get that same response, too. I reply that we more people pushing, we can get the whole package, and even a partial victory is a good first step, and...
Dave, If you pay compensation you are simply paying Rent under another name. However, if you are going to nationalize land, you had better get the army back...
Hi; My server lost all my email of the past week, totally unseen. If any of you tried to reach, please try again. But do not reply to this group list. Reply...
... Given what we know about politicians, bureaucrats, and Lord Acton, (Libertarians would prefer us to be billed.) Plus, there's much more rent then the...
... IMO the least important of our objectives is efficiency, because that is where the least potential benefit is available. Remember, someone is _already_...
Roy, “Recover Rent” is good. I personally prefer “recapture” – but to each his own. Whatever we call it we are simply going to replace landholders as...
The revenue creates the justice and the price signal is the incentive for the more efficient use. It is not 3rd, but 1st. No justice without revenue for the...
Jeff, By Rent I mean location values. "Natural Rent" is another subject. A major problem is that we won't know how much Rent there is until we collect it. ...
"The problem ain't that people don't know. It's that they know so much that ain't so." -- "Josh Billings" ... I do wish people would check their facts instead...
... Harry; ... With what results? ... So it's been. ... You haven't noticed? What'd you do with my periodic reports? Got any suggestions? Plans? Goals? SMITH,...
Jeff, I’ve done it for more than 50 years. Now it’s your turn. Start right away. Thanks! Harry ********************************** Henry George School of...
Dear clients and other friends, In the May issue of the International Tax Review the cover story reports on the EU Tax Forum on Sustainable Development of...
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