Letter to Oxford Times in response to letter praising council tax: Dear Sir, I write with both bad and good news for Michael Tyce (“Switching Taxes”, 29th...
Jock, What an excellent letter. You really made the most of 381 words. There should be more like it. Harry ******************************* Henry George School...
Anyone want to attend a one-day conference in London, UK for free? (Normal price £586.33 inclusive). If so let me know. Dave Dave Wetzel; Vice-Chair;...
Cheers Karl, TIFs or Tax Incremental Financing has been used in the USA but I understand is frowned upon by some greens because its been used to pay for out of...
TIFs are a major scandal here. They are handed out as corporate patronage with little regard for economic merit. If you do a Google search on "Tax Increment...
5/3 Hopefully, Mason Gaffney will speak up about TIF's-he's got a great analogy about what they do and stand for. We Americans do not like them! They hurt ...
May 4, 2005 This confirms the main dilemma of land tax reform proponents for its revenue: - it can be earmarked for specific projects (usually public services)...
IDEAS that shaped the nation Nashville City Paper - Nashville,TN,USA ... He follows those with chapters covering Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Self Reliance" and...
Paul, TIFs are not LVT. They only collect a part of the uplift in land values, within a stated corridor and for maybe 20 or 30 years. Whereas: LVT taxes all...
Paul, Economic Rent is the fruit of community access. Thus, infrastructure is closely linked to Rent and should be the first to be funded from Rent receipts. I...
Harry and Dave, I fully agree with you both and just tried to structure this discussion. As Dave says in his last sentence: "The important thing is to agree...
I would prefer to start with paying the citizens dividend. Reason: the debate about which taxes are most undesirable will take decades as it will be abused by...
It is not just the amount that gets taken in taxes but the cost of collection and the impact on the wider economy. Land Value Tax (LVT) is impossible to avoid,...
In addition I would observe that Chris forgets about the "art of taxation". The esthetics - and logic - of 'good' taxes are very different from 'bad' taxes. ...
I recently "discovered" a volume of papers delivered at the 1929 conference of the International Union for Land Value Taxation and Free Trade, held in ...
Hi all, We recognise that land can be otherwise termed 'nature' or 'natural resources' and that land includes the unimproved content of that land such as...
Ed Dodson responding... Paul Metz wrote: In addition I would observe that Chris forgets about the "art of taxation". The esthetics - and logic - of 'good'...
FOR these are our mountains – not the Clan Vestey’s Sunday Herald - Glasgow,Scotland,UK ... As a rough sketch, imagine a yearly tax of £100 an acre being...
Ed Dodson responding... Mark Porthouse wrote (5/18): If we have a land value tax which taxes land, or rather the unimproved content of land, then at what point...
Quoting Ed Dodson on Sat, 21 May 2005 19:38:40 -0400: ___Mark Porthouse(5/18)___ If we have a land value tax which taxes land, or rather the unimproved content...
Remember a couple of weeks ago I sent something to the Oxford Times and copied it here (reproduced right at the bottom of this to remind you anyway). Well...
... I note from the replies that people are stating that goods should be considered property, but I'm seeing no reasoning for it. As far as I can tell the...
Ed Dodson responding... Scott wrote: Rent is a flow; i.e. a time derivative of goods. Minerals are simply goods. Thus, once justly acquired, they should be...
It seems to me that a community charge on extracted minerals would be uneccessary to ensure highest and best use, or rather that the free market (as we see it)...
Who has access to Leonardo Boff ? Paul Metz MST and the other humanity that is possible Leonardo Boff, Theologian ALAI-AMLATINA, Rio de Janeiro.- We all know...
Hi Sean, I'm not sure. Purchase prices can be quite a different control mechanism to rental costs. A purchase price means that the asset will hold value if ...
... From: Tim Lawrence [mailto:T.Lawrence@...] Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 6:15 PM Subject: Land Value Tax: Worth the Transition? Dear colleague We would...
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Terence Bendixson
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May 29, 2005 5:12 am
Dear All Jock Coates explanation of the different effect of LVT and Council Tax in Oxford is wonderfully clear. He also makes reference to the British land...
Funny you should come up with that particular objection. I also sent a copy of this to the various local councillors with whom I had had a discussion on this...
