> > Graham, thanks for posting this paper. It is, indeed, exactly what I > > was trying to say. I can't quite understand what the taxation of land > > at the end was supposed to do to try to help the falling standards of > > workers in the richer countries, however...
> The guy may not have thought it through exactly like this, but land is often a > vast repository of wealth and is usually taxed at very favorable rates as > compared to say, income from wages. If you want to help the poor workers, a > land tax is a possible source of funds to do it. The problem I see, is that the majority of the land is not owned by the rich in this country, and therefore it would be another tax on the middle class, versus the rich(who are getting richer on the poor/middle classes losing their jobs)... -- Derek _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
