-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 What is so outrageous about 'paying rent for the priviledge of ... land'?
You did not produce land or its rent, the right to exclue others from it is a government granted priviledge that is not the result of your own labour, even if you traded your labour for this priviledge with someone else who the government made the grant to. A land title is form of delegated sovereignty over part of the sovereign's jurisdiction, like a franchise, and it is right for sovereigns to levy tax on the unimproved value of land as a fee for this priviledge and the advantages that it brings. It is not right for sovereigns to levy the improvements that individuals make to the land, or the goods that they trade on it. Such imposts are inefficient, distortionary, needless and confiscate a part of the labour, thrift and enterprise of individuals. Let individuals be free to trade and let sovereigns be free to govern, protect and profit from their jurisdictions. David Hillary -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> iQA/AwUBPEEnABNDEcR4nEncEQKvUgCghBwD8bQqi1L7uvdmKwwFGKJALH4AoPj6 qbOmXJDZL1/GxsEQpvfd+vQ/ =XYgY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
