who can find the hole in this story on macrobiz today ? we have some challenges. Obviously we want unrestricted supply and higher land taxes....but again the...
Here's the link to the story that David refers to: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/aug/28/ken-loach-class-riots-interview ... From: David Brooks... ...
To all involved, belated congratulations for a great documentary. I guess I expected that the message would be as clear to others as it was to me. Sad to say...
Land tax would raise rents if it added to the incentive to *rent*. But in fact it lowers rents by adding to the incentive to *let*. So how does Joanne Seve in...
My letter "Land tax reduces rents" (AFR, Aug.10, http://t.co/bodjO6d as submitted) provoked replies on Aug.11 by Paul Koenig (http://is.gd/JfZF9h - paywalled)...
In case people are not aware, the Government is inviting tax experts, community reps, wtc to apply to be part of the Tax Forum in October. There is an...
HI there, we are constantly being asked to provide people and their housing experiences for articles at present. do you know anyone who bought in the last 4...
In the opening sentence of his introduction to the Government's so-called discussion paper (http://t.co/3UoJWCT) for the October Tax Forum, Treasure Wayne Swan...
For those who try to promote Georgism, and are surprised, frustrated or disappointed when they fail, time after time, here is a piece of advice from the...
http://blog.lvrg.org.au/2011/07/opting-out-of-income-tax-gst.html My immediate reaction is that I am not inspired by Gavin's OIOU suggestion because: 1. I...
Here's a Georgist proposal that appeals to the "trickle-down" theory beloved of the Right -- except that in this case the "trickle-down" would be real: ...
As we know, one of the biggest problems we have to a genuine land market, is the lag in information regarding price VERSUS valuation. With the digital age...
How "minimum general rates" are destroying site-value rating in Queensland: http://blog.lvrg.org.au/2011/07/fraser-coast-circumvents-site-value.html . The...
Dear All: I suggest we should all be focussed on the possibility that for one reason or another (eg social unrest & dwindling export markets in China) the ...
a useful weapon in discussions perhaps.... Millionaires on the rise in Australia The annual report by Capgemini and Merrill Lynch shows the total number of...
... on the eve of the release of what promises to be a catastrophic GDP figure: http://blog.lvrg.org.au/2011/05/its-housing-crash-stoopid.html . Good night....
http://macrobusiness.com.au/2011/05/it-begins-2/ And look who is in the firing line? -- Karl Fitzgerald Projects Coordinator Earthsharing Australia ...
The SMAGE, having published articles critical of negative gearing on Mar.7, Mar.30 and Apr.25, fell back into line on May 2 when it published an article by...
HI all, the momentum of the Home Buyers Strike has aided the Gillard govt's moves to reform negative gearing, leaked today. it is not what we want, but at...
CANARDS ON NEGATIVE GEARING AND RENT Noel Whittaker (Letters, April 13) regurgitates the old canard that the disallowance of negative gearing between July 1985...
