The "Land" Question has been discussed recently. The following is
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MAJOR DOUGLAS ON THE LAND QUESTION
The following comments are taken from C. H. Douglas�s �The Land for the
(Chosen) People� Racket written serially in The Social Crediter between
December 1942 and March 1943:
Stripped of all the abstractions, "rights," moralities, and other
complications which make any problem permanently insoluble, I do not
believe that the land question is unduly difficult. I should say that
the essentials of the solution are:
(1) Absolute security of tenure for life, including complete abolition
of land taxation of every description. The imposition of a land tax
shall be ultra vires.
(2) Abolition of land sales between individuals as of right.
Registration of sale to take place five years after payment of purchase
price, on petition by purchaser supported by six adjacent neighbours,
who are landowners.
(3) County Council Authority to be obliged to purchase at valuation (see
6 intra) all land offered for sale, and to advertise for re-sale only to
approved purchasers who must obtain support of six adjacent landowners.
(4) No State or Public Body to hold land for which a properly supported
application from a private individual is made at the valuation price.
(5) Where a legatee is non-resident on land which he inherits, he shall
be given twelve months to take up the occupation of it. If he decides to
reside, his title shall be confirmed after five years. If not, his land
shall be acquired by the County Authority for re-sale as in (3) supra.
(6) All land to be classed as A, Amenity Land. B, Agricultural Land. C,
Industrial Land. All land titles shall restrict the land to which title
is given, to the class in which it was placed on the grant of first
title. No change of Class shall be permitted without the offer of sale
as in (3) supra.
(7) The initial valuation of land to be that shown in the last
conveyance as consideration. Every five years, a landowner shall be
entitled to make a claim, properly substantiated by accounts, in which
his own activities shall be included as manager, for increased value. On
the admission of this claim by a properly constituted County Authority
against whose adverse decision appeal to a Committee appointed by the
Land Agents Society shall lie, seventy-five per cent. of the cost of
this increased value shall be refunded to the landowner in County Bonds
bearing interest at three per cent., and twenty per cent. of the
increased valuation shall be added to the transfer value of the land.
(8) No public official shall have any right of entry whatsoever, without
a magistrate's Warrant.
Deus est demon inversus.
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