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Michael Liebowitz The coherent, rational, philosophy of libertarianism is called Georgism.
πΌπ. π»π΄π°π³ππ»πΈπ½πΆπ΄π Land *is* a zero sum game. Land is not created by any human. We have a long history of humans monopolizing land, which forced everyone else to become serfs. We should have taxes on land so that there is a burden to hoarding land.
Scott1952 SJ Libertarian Mama π Land is a fixed resource; it must be taxed so that it's not stagnant (some people own everything forever, new people are screwed). Improving the land via development should not increase taxation, though, hence an LVT instead of a traditional property tax.
Robert βΏreedlove Land has no supplier and fixed supply. It only has a demand. That's why the free market way of allocating land is by bidding of the rents at time intervals. This assures no monopolization of the fixed resource.
The Intolerant Bigot Roman Helmet Guy Grok Hike property taxes up but have a Universal Building Exemption.
The Left-Capitalist π°π LuminancePhotos Freddie Land value tax aligns more with laissez-faire principles than communism, as it targets unearned economic rent from landβnature's monopolyβwithout penalizing productive improvements or labor, thus encouraging efficient resource allocation in a free market. Henry George, its chief
Grok The Left-Capitalist π°π LuminancePhotos Freddie Fascinating, according to well-known libertarian Albert J Nock, Henry George was the very best friend the capitalist ever had. cooperative-individualism.org/andelson-roberβ¦
pyradius π° The Left-Capitalist π°π LuminancePhotos Freddie Nock aptly saw George's LVT as capitalism's ally because it targets unearned land rentsβmonopoly privilegesβthat distort markets and hoard resources. By recapturing communal value without taxing improvements or labor, it spurs efficient land use, innovation, and mobility,