On Sat, 09 Oct 1999 22:45:04 +0100 Chris Burford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
>A tax on land, ideally full ground rent, would be the most progressive 
>of
>all. It would fall on the landed bourgeoisie, it would promote 
>economic
>efficiency in the use of this scarce resource, it would provide a 
>source of
>income for the state that would not fall on working people, it would 
>weaken
>one wing of the bourgeoisie, without promoting the other wings to come 
>to
>its rescue.

It sounds like Chris has been reading Henry George.  Whatever happened
to that once favorite cause of Britsh radical - land nationalization?  As
I
recall even J.S. Mill in the last century was sympathetic.

Jim F

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>Chris Burford
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>London
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