Henry George

Land, however, is not the fruit of anyone's labor, and our system of land tenure is based not on labor, but on decrees of privilege issued from the state

[Henry George @Geolibertarian]

@retireenjoy @Ian_Fraser @George_Osborne Banks are part of the state if they are too big to fail

[Henry George @Geolibertarian]

@SingleTaxAnarch @DavidBender6 Lockean upper limit...

A bit like the personal allowance for income tax.

[Henry George @Geolibertarian]

@SingleTaxAnarch @DavidBender6 We can think of this in the same way as the Land Value Tax but with an allowance up to and not above the...

[Henry George @Geolibertarian]

@SingleTaxAnarch @DavidBender6 simply put in place an upper limit on land ownership... measured either by value or absolute amount.

[Henry George @Geolibertarian]

@SingleTaxAnarch @DavidBender6 Proviso that we cannot justifiably own an excess of land. So then if we apply this to politics we would...

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@SingleTaxAnarch @DavidBender6 For me the Lockean upper limit would be the political application of the Lockean proviso. We know from the...

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@DavidBender6 This article is advocating a kind of (state) socialism and as such it should be willing to admit this.

Thanks for the link

[Henry George @Geolibertarian]

@DavidBender6 Anarchism can have no colours... if Mutualism emerges in an anarchist society that would be wonderful. I doubt that it will.

[Henry George @Geolibertarian]

@DavidBender6 It seems to rely on the labour theory of value which I do not accept... labour is a big part of value but not its entirety...

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Georgism: Land value tax and citizens dividend rolled into one http://t.co/qc61lN8Pf9

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@nicknastyksc @DavidBender6 If we're arguing between a single (land) tax and no tax at all then we're pretty close.

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@DavidBender6 I would expect that the state would 'emerge' in a voluntary sense like a neighbourhood watch scheme

[Henry George @Geolibertarian]

@nicknastyksc @DavidBender6 That's a reasonable way of describing it

[Henry George @Geolibertarian]

@DavidBender6 I generally oppose taxes which is why I am a Geolibertarian as opposed to a more traditional Georgist.

[Henry George @Geolibertarian]

@DavidBender6 state with those of nature.

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@DavidBender6 To raise revenue for the government is not the motivation here... the motivation is an attempt to align the laws of the...

[Henry George @Geolibertarian]

@DavidBender6 confiscation because I do not want to be thought of as someone who has discovered a new means to tax people.

[Henry George @Geolibertarian]

@DavidBender6 holding an excess of land. This might be easier from a practical point of view. I generally advocate (the threat of)...

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@DavidBender6 Yes that's a good observation... it would be possible to bring them into compliance using a tax or a fine for those...

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@DavidBender6 although this was part of Locke's writings.