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Does Georgism work? Five years later

514 points · 522 comments · silveraxe93

  1. Gimpei · · focus · HN ↗
    The LVT seems to me to be a lot like a carbon tax: a wonderful technocratic idea that is politically untenable. LTV would be great for humanity, but very bad for present homeowners. Since homeowners are wealthy and thus more politically engaged on average, I just don’t see how this could ever get passed. Instead of starting with an impossible task, why not start instead with a merely incredibly unlikely task: repeal proposition 13.
    1. Tiktaalik · · focus · HN ↗
      Carbon tax was great for me. I made money. Maybe you should have used less carbon.
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