Friday, May 29, 2009
Tax led revolution - or are we just going to roll over?
The Renegade Economist: Weekly Talk Show
Land Reform v's Monetary Reform
The home-owner is the new aristocrat.
The need for a massive tax shift but
A call to stop punishing productive people.
Dissent and diagnosis from those folks at The Renegade Economist
Posted by neo-serf @ 01:03 PM (593 views) Add Comment
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1. crunchy said...
Chicken and egg indeed!
But Fred. We will never get the land because the banks own that too, through debt and they will ensure that remains the status quo by increasing it's value through negative (not wage) inflation and making sure that most people have to rely on MEW to survive.
If however we did own the land we would not need half of the banks we have now and we could not be manipulated. Can you see the problem Fred? Great idea, but most bankers would not want to potato pick for me. They are too busy scrumping cherries!
2. The Number Cruncher said...
I think Fred is a very astute man. Land Value tax is a win win senario for 90% of people in the UK. it would make us a much better country and abolish land speculation and house price fluctuation.
My only concern with his views is that if we ever did get a fair taxation of people's assest and not thier income then all the privelaged graduates of sandhurst may have something to say about it in the guise of a military coup.
Worth the risk though.
3. crunchy said...
Brother cruncher....Land Value tax, so blatantly obvious to some.
4. quiet guy said...
"Land Value tax, so blatantly obvious to some."
Unfortunately, not to many as a percentage of the population. I am interested in Harrison's ideas but cannot see any chance of these being realised in our current political system because of the large numbers of property owners in this country, including MPs and Lords.