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... Of course, that claim is false. Without a personal exemption (or, second best, an equivalent CD), people's rights to use land will not have been restored
Scott said: "Look what a wonderful job FEMA and Blackwater (now Xe) did with Katrina." I was discussing city level - not Washington. At city level, small
Quoting Harry Pollard on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:54:16 -0800: ___Harry___ perhaps a surplus should be placed in contingency - against possible future problems -
Logan, Of course, full collection of Rent does everything an exemption is supposed to do without complication. Roy's exemption seems predicated on partial
Bernard. Of course it's an ideological argument - just as is your reply. In a Georgist society, there will not be a third, or half, the population in need of