This is interesting. So therefore a plot of land in the centre of a city would be so expensive for land taxes that the best way to reside on it would be for it to be subdivided and have lots of people be responsible for its cost. Therefore, it encourages densification through tax.
ajsadauskas@aus.social 8 months ago
@Longmactoppedup What you're looking at here is the economic ideas of a late-19th century American economist named Henry George: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_George
At its furthest extreme, the argument is that land and licences to exploit finite natural resources (land, as well as potentially including minerals and carbon emissions) should be taxed heavily.
Meanwhile, *all* other taxes on productive wealth generation — income tax, company tax, GST, etc., should be completely abolished.
Advocates generally combine this with a universal basic income.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgism
The logic is that taxing finite natural resources will cause them to be used more efficiently, and the benefits distributed widely throughout society.
Meanwhile, activity that generates wealth should be encouraged, and that means it should go untaxed.
Railison@aussie.zone 8 months ago
LanguageMan1@social.vivaldi.net 8 months ago
@Railison @ajsadauskas That happened quite a long time ago here in the US, Canada and elsewhere.
ajsadauskas@aus.social 8 months ago
maegul@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
The kind of post you read the comments for!