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artificialavocado t1_j6h9x2f wrote

Reply to comment by GraffitiTavern in Want growth in Erie? Cut taxes on homes and jobs, hike taxes on land instead by ToffeeFever

Thanks I feel kinda dumb for never hearing about this.

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GraffitiTavern t1_j6hc398 wrote

Don't! Most people haven't, he was influential but there aren't many strict devotees of his work so it's not as well known.

Fun Fact: The only large place where traditional Georgist concepts have been implemented in a major way is Taiwan, as Sun-Yat Sen(Nationalist leader and the founding father of modern China to both the PRC and Taiwan) was a convert to Georgist economics.

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artificialavocado t1_j6hcl9t wrote

I’m going to have to look into it more thanks. It seems decent in that the people who generate value get a portion of it, unless that’s just a red herring?

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