... From: Bryan Pepperell [mailto:Bryan.Pepperell@...] Sent: 31 July 2004 22:22 To: Paul Metz Subject: RE: [LandCafe] RE: [New Mobility/World Transport...
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Wetzel Dave
davewetzel@...
Aug 1, 2004 2:39 pm
... From: Ole Lefmann [mailto:olefmann@...] Sent: 31 July 2004 21:36 To: Dr. Nic Tideman; rana.roy@...; Wetzel Dave; Tony Vickers Cc:...
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Wetzel Dave
davewetzel@...
Aug 1, 2004 2:40 pm
Surely this is met by my statement: "Lower taxes on incomes and trade. The income from LVT could be used to lower other taxes. The disbenefits of taxes that...
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Wetzel Dave
davewetzel@...
Aug 1, 2004 2:41 pm
Jane Many thanks for your thoughtful reply. I'm taking the liberty of copying this correspondence into the "Landcafé" discussion group. Yes - I recommend all...
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Wetzel Dave
davewetzel@...
Aug 1, 2004 2:41 pm
... From: abdulnasserbaston [mailto:abdulnasserbaston@...] Sent: 01 August 2004 11:33 To: Wetzel Dave Subject: Letter sent to "Morning Star letters"...
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Paul Metz
metz@...
Aug 2, 2004 10:39 am
No, I had not overlooked, but forgot to refer to it. I wanted to stress that the revenue recycle is not just matter of "..could be ...", but really a "must" to...
Good morning. With reference to this, I think it's good that everyone coming to or being informed about the Land Café fully understand the 100% independent ...
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mgaffney
m.gaffney@...
Aug 3, 2004 6:00 am
Dear Cafe regulars, My name is Mason Gaffney. I profess economics at the Univ. of California, Riverside. I am currently writing a book on the taxable...
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Wetzel Dave
davewetzel@...
Aug 3, 2004 10:46 am
Many thanks for these thoughtful observations Matt. You are right to identify man-made improvements created by the use of labour and capital on the land as...
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Paul Metz
metz@...
Aug 3, 2004 5:44 pm
Dear Mason, On your clear question "the taxable capacity of land and natural resources. All inputs gratefully received." In my view, any (democratically...
We recently received this inquiry. If anyone here has suggestions for Keith, please contact him. Thank you! Hanno Beck ===================================== ...
Where land value taxation is concerned, the economists devote a good deal of attention to the question of how to determine what is location rent from what is...
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Wetzel Dave
davewetzel@...
Aug 5, 2004 8:36 am
Ann As you are a member of Labour's National Excutive Committee, I welcome your interest in the land question. There are few leading figures in the Labour ...
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Wetzel Dave
davewetzel@...
Aug 5, 2004 8:36 am
I agree that the valuers need not assess the absolute finite value of a site for tax purposes (unless we are collecting 100% of the rental value), but it is...
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Wetzel Dave
davewetzel@...
Aug 5, 2004 8:37 am
... From: Wyn Achenbaum [mailto:wyn@...] Sent: 04 August 2004 22:22 To: mtts; mason Gaffney; Wetzel Dave Subject: CSM: England's pastoral paradise...
As one of your sweating countermen here at the Land Café, I really must be careful not to chime in here too often, but this good posting of Ed Dodson’s...
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Wetzel Dave
davewetzel@...
Aug 5, 2004 10:03 am
No - not at all. Where values fall the LVT falls as the sites are re-assessed annually and the tax they pay will fall. So for example. Imagine LVT at 10% Year...
Dave, There are sites which are worthless or indeed are worth less than the cost of removing what is on them. These are a real problem now in many depressed ...
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Paul Metz
metz@...
Aug 5, 2004 2:43 pm
Very true and even worse: this degradation of the countryside and quality of life occurs also on many places and in complete other countries outside England...
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Wetzel Dave
davewetzel@...
Aug 5, 2004 2:43 pm
John This is not an anonomly. Land Value Tax taxes the value of land. If a site has no value then the tax will be nil. So, sites like the one you descibe would...
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Mason Gaffney
m.gaffney@...
Aug 5, 2004 2:44 pm
An added price is paid by this American consumer, who can no longer find my beloved Cheshire cheese at the local Trader Joe's. Will Rodda's Cornish clotted...
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Wetzel Dave
davewetzel@...
Aug 5, 2004 2:45 pm
Any volunteers? Dave Dave Wetzel Vice-chair, Transport for London Windsor House, 42-50 Victoria Street. London. SW1H 0TL. UK. Tel 020 7941 4200 Close to New...
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Wetzel Dave
davewetzel@...
Aug 5, 2004 3:08 pm
... From: RANA ROY [mailto:rana.roy@...] Sent: 05 August 2004 12:06 To: Wetzel Dave; ann.black@... Cc: 'Land Café '; 'Tony Benn' ...
... If a plot of land is worthless, the site-value tax is zero. Why would a site be worth less than the cost of removing the disimprovements? It is not the...
Keith, There are some good cartoons at http://www.taxreform.com.au/cartoons/main.htm . I suspect that Tax Reform Australia would be helpful about permissions,...
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Paul Metz
metz@...
Aug 6, 2004 6:14 am
In some cases remediation of heavy soil pollution is not profitable within decades. The titleholder in such cases does not 'remove the junk', but lobbies for...
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Paul Metz
metz@...
Aug 6, 2004 6:14 am
Dear Mr Roy, Thank you, I very much appreciate your view. It is clear that since the days of Karl Marx - and Henry George - land has been largely privatised....
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Mason Gaffney
m.gaffney@...
Aug 6, 2004 6:15 am
People who claim their land is worthless should not be taken seriously until they offer to sell at that price. ... From: "Fred Foldvary" <ffoldvary@...> ...
