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The 'Georgists' Are Out and they want to tax your land

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Re: The 'Georgists' Are Out and they want to tax your land

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They absolutely do, but they spend it on other things.

Like what? The majority of the budget is roads, water & police.

10, 000, 000 bucks to homeless pet needs?

This would be great but try and find out where a homeless person can go and get help for their pet...thats no where to be found. The money just went ...somewhere.

Government's have a way of disappearing money.

https://www.grants.ca.gov/grants/pet-assistance-and-support-....

Re: The 'Georgists' Are Out and they want to tax your land

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Some would argue you're describing the status quo, which is crushing young people and the disadvantaged. How 'bout making capital gains equivalent to laboearned income?

That won't happen because capital gains and tax-free selling of real estate is the source of the power and inequality. Might as well demand reps sign their own economic death warrant or at least their own demotion to regular plebian socioeconomic class who needs to actually earn and be big boy taxed on their earnings to cover "their share" and attitudes towards how they are able and also required to spend their time

That's not why. It's because a system of private ownership means that the state shouldn't take away stuff people have.

Re: The 'Georgists' Are Out and they want to tax your land

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Like what? The majority of the budget is roads, water & police.

10, 000, 000 bucks to homeless pet needs? This would be great but try and find out where a homeless person can go and get help for their pet...thats no where to be found. The money just went ...somewhere. Government's have a way of disappearing money. https://www.grants.ca.gov/grants/pet-assistance-and-support-... .

That's a state program

Re: The 'Georgists' Are Out and they want to tax your land

#164

Earlier quoted context omitted.

10, 000, 000 bucks to homeless pet needs? This would be great but try and find out where a homeless person can go and get help for their pet...thats no where to be found. The money just went ...somewhere. Government's have a way of disappearing money. https://www.grants.ca.gov/grants/pet-assistance-and-support-... .

That's a state program

Oh so local governments arent full of waste and corruption also.

Good to know.

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