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ndrosenNow, to begin reporting on Sunday, July 30, 2017, we had Open Mike in the morning before our main program.
Alanna Hartzok suggested that instead of saying “land tax” or “land value tax”, we should say “land rights tax.” That would help in certain circles. Mike Curtis suggested “Earth rights tax” or “Earth rights payment.”
Marty Rowland, from the Henry George School of Social Science in New York City, said that in the U.S., we failed. Unlike South Korea, we don’t have a pro-LVT President. He mentioned ASTM standards, environmental policy, infrastructure finance, and the A to F grading system. F for Flint, Michigan. Embodying Georgism: “Have you considered land value capture?”
Herbert Barry spoke of Thomas Piketty’s 2014 book, Capital in the 21st Century, a best seller. This is a great opportunity for Georgists, because Piketty proposed a wealth tax on all sorts of wealth. Our opportunity is to offer a much more conservative proposal, ownership of the national territory. Individuals and corporations who hold parts of the territory should pay for it.
I spoke up and said that we have a more conservative and more radical proposal, more radical because it gets to the root of the problem. I also said that I write letters to the editor and post answers to questions on Quora. I don’t expect all my readers to become Georgists, but I do try to plant seeds. I had come across a mention of the single taxers in a book, and read a newspaper column advocating making the property tax a land-only tax before I read Progress and Poverty.
To be continued.
Alanna Hartzok suggested that instead of saying “land tax” or “land value tax”, we should say “land rights tax.” That would help in certain circles. Mike Curtis suggested “Earth rights tax” or “Earth rights payment.”
Marty Rowland, from the Henry George School of Social Science in New York City, said that in the U.S., we failed. Unlike South Korea, we don’t have a pro-LVT President. He mentioned ASTM standards, environmental policy, infrastructure finance, and the A to F grading system. F for Flint, Michigan. Embodying Georgism: “Have you considered land value capture?”
Herbert Barry spoke of Thomas Piketty’s 2014 book, Capital in the 21st Century, a best seller. This is a great opportunity for Georgists, because Piketty proposed a wealth tax on all sorts of wealth. Our opportunity is to offer a much more conservative proposal, ownership of the national territory. Individuals and corporations who hold parts of the territory should pay for it.
I spoke up and said that we have a more conservative and more radical proposal, more radical because it gets to the root of the problem. I also said that I write letters to the editor and post answers to questions on Quora. I don’t expect all my readers to become Georgists, but I do try to plant seeds. I had come across a mention of the single taxers in a book, and read a newspaper column advocating making the property tax a land-only tax before I read Progress and Poverty.
To be continued.
