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Andy Burnham proposes land value tax: "We Overtax People's Work"
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A question I keep coming back to: if AI saves us an hour of work, who gets that hour back? I'd love for it to be the parent who's always the last one at daycare pickup.
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A new transit station can raise the value of nearby land before a single new home is built. The public helped create that value. Some of it should help pay for the next station.
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The Center for Land Economics is 2 years old, making land value tax reform both popular and practical.
We released our Year 2 impact report today. Among other highlights, 3 states passed LVT enabling laws (NY, VA, KY).
Read our full report for details!
blog.landeconomics.org/p/what-cle-did…
We released our Year 2 impact report today. Among other highlights, 3 states passed LVT enabling laws (NY, VA, KY).
Read our full report for details!
blog.landeconomics.org/p/what-cle-did…
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Virtually all in the form of tiny urban plots. It’s all about the dirt.
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Vast majority of Canadians say children will be worse off, way above global median (57%) — Pew Research
This is a symptom of a nation that treats housing as investments first and homes second, at the expense of real productivity.
This is a symptom of a nation that treats housing as investments first and homes second, at the expense of real productivity.
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To build a better future for the next generation, housing — which is 60-80% land value — must become a less attractive long-term investment.
Shifting taxes to land solves this.
Shifting taxes to land solves this.
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FDR also said "Henry George was one of the really great thinkers produced by our country." He probably supported George's idea of taxing land instead of workers and productive capital.
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A basic income should be there before the emergency, not depend on proving how bad things have become.
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a basic income is also the freedom to turn down a job that treats you badly
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Canada should turn a share of resource revenues into a permanent public wealth fund.
Spend the returns, preserve the inheritance, pay everyone a dividend.
Spend the returns, preserve the inheritance, pay everyone a dividend.
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As a business owner, I want customers with money to spend.
Basic income can support the demand that makes investing, hiring and building new products worthwhile.
Basic income can support the demand that makes investing, hiring and building new products worthwhile.
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Steve Paikin asked Ontario Liberal Leadership candidates a question about taxes.
Lee Fairclough's answer: reform taxes, not necessarily raise them.
She says we could be looking at Land Value Tax -- which could replace more harmful taxes on property.
Lee Fairclough's answer: reform taxes, not necessarily raise them.
She says we could be looking at Land Value Tax -- which could replace more harmful taxes on property.
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Reforming inefficient taxes is always a hard sell... glad to see politicians open to good ideas
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I want more people to have the security to try something useful, even if it might fail.
That's one reason I support basic income.
That's one reason I support basic income.
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unpaid care is still work.
a basic income would finally give people doing it some breathing room
a basic income would finally give people doing it some breathing room
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