... IMO it would be better to split that into two maxims: "Improves any democratic political system," and "Makes any economic system more just, stable and ...
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John
burns_curtis
Jun 22, 2010 11:49 pm
Does NOT change business behavior That may be more appealing. It need not change behavior, but ultimately will by creating a more dynamic economy. It is...
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John
burns_curtis
Jun 23, 2010 12:04 am
... been in a skiffle group that > morphed into a first generation English rock > and roll group. I was a bass guitarist - Fender, but liked the Hofner (the...
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roy_langston1
Jun 23, 2010 12:38 am
... But untrue. It will change business behavior by removing the subsidy to idle landowning, thus encouraging business to make money by production rather than...
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walto
walterhorn
Jun 23, 2010 1:32 am
... I played keyboards in fusion and noisy electric improv groups for many years. W...
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John
burns_curtis
Jun 23, 2010 1:32 am
... It will ultimately change behavior, however no laws forcing them to change. No public ownership of business or land. Just a tax shift at the core. Full...
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Joshua Vincent
joshua@...
Jun 23, 2010 1:52 am
Played the Fender P-Bass, never got to play Northern Soul here in the States find the Georgist:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnnExB0ml4c&feature=related ...
... States ... Georgist:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnnExB0ml4c&feature=related ... Quite good. Joshua, no close up of you. [:(]...
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John
burns_curtis
Jun 23, 2010 10:17 am
... years. You may be interested in Joe Meek. He pioneered mixing, electronic and electric music. An electronic engineer/sound man who turned producer who...
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Gareth Doutch
gareth.doutch
Jun 23, 2010 1:45 pm
A quick wikipedia search: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Bellamy#Political_views Bellamy has expressed passionate views on the ideas of Geoism(or...
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John
burns_curtis
Jun 24, 2010 9:42 am
Re: Fwd: Muse & Henry George - (Fwd: Finally, we make it to the big time...) ... This is interesting. I did an economic module at uni, yet Geoism was not ...
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Harry Pollard
haledward1
Jun 24, 2010 8:18 pm
David, you have to start thinking outside the box. You worry that is firefighting is done predominantly in America by volunteers. These are trained volunteers,...
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David Reed
dbcreed@...
Jun 25, 2010 7:41 am
Roy Langston takes exception to my mild criticism that his treatment of John's maxims was "a tad captious" and that I had n't provided "evidence for such a...
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eric britton
fekbritton
Jun 25, 2010 9:11 am
Dear Friends, One of the amazing/complicating things about the world of mobility is it is one of those slices of life where everything touches something else...
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John
burns_curtis
Jun 25, 2010 10:48 am
... is it is one of those slices > of life where everything touches something else > and then something else again. Nothing ever is > there to stand still so...
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Edward Dodson
ejdodson
Jun 26, 2010 12:49 am
If you have not already received an invitation to complete the online survey developed by the Council of Georgist Organizations, consider this that invitation....
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David Reed
dbcreed@...
Jun 26, 2010 6:25 am
@ Harry, I am truly grateful for the enormous trouble you have taken over my criticisms of private fire brigades (was private roads ,which you do not appear to...
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Harry Pollard
haledward1
Jun 26, 2010 7:04 pm
Thank you, David! When we discuss different ways of doing things, I like to introduce something I call 'mechanisms'. These are suggestions -- defining how...
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Jock Coats
jock.coats
Jun 26, 2010 9:58 pm
Oh! Harry, Harry, Harry...you start so well, explaining how *you* talk about your "mechanisms" of how things *might* be done, and then later have a go at...
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David Reed
dbcreed@...
Jun 27, 2010 7:45 am
Many thanks to those who wrote recently on this topic: I have copied out Harry's comments about what should be in bold capitals in Economics 101 and have...
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roy_langston1
Jun 27, 2010 9:27 pm
... Why would you want to show that rather than discern the truth of the matter? ... Gosh, Jock, I'm sorry to read that you are constrained to live under the...
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walto
walterhorn
Jun 28, 2010 11:33 am
This post of Jock's gives a bunch of good examples of what I think it is important not be confused with basic geoism. I don't (here) mean to imply that Jock...
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DavidH
discodave1974
Jun 28, 2010 5:27 pm
Nice song and a great sounding record. (Except for one bad edit..) I'm sure it sounded even better on vinyl! dh ... A local bunch of black kids in Liverpool...
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Harry Pollard
haledward1
Jun 29, 2010 5:05 am
I think, Walter, that we shouldn't avoid the 'big picture' which is a discussion of the reason for collecting Rent. It's not because it's a good way to tax...
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David Reed
dbcreed@...
Jun 29, 2010 6:53 am
I'm with Walto on this one (Did n't used to be;still believe in mixed economy with complementary private and public sectors but arguing the case just lets the...
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walto
walterhorn
Jun 29, 2010 2:05 pm
... The reason, IMO, is that land has been wrongly expropriated and monopolized. We don't need libertarianism to insist on LVT and Langstonian exemptions. ......
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Harry Pollard
haledward1
Jun 29, 2010 10:42 pm
... "Do you see a point in the universal individual income tax exemption?" It does help to fill up the 10,000 pages or so of other exemptions and special deals...
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roy_langston1
Jun 30, 2010 1:56 am
... OK, so in your mind, the universal individual income tax exemption is just a random, arbitrary provision of the income tax code, roughly the fiscal...
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Harry Pollard
haledward1
Jun 30, 2010 11:00 pm
Roy, See below. Harry From: LandCafe@yahoogroups.com [mailto:LandCafe@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of roy_langston1 Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 6:55 PM To:...
