artificialavocado t1_j6h9zm5 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 8:49 AM

Reply to comment by Illustrious_Air_1438 in Want growth in Erie? Cut taxes on homes and jobs, hike taxes on land instead by ToffeeFever

The part about the people owning what they produce doesn’t seem bad. It seems to be Marx-adjacent.

GraffitiTavern t1_j6hd09f wrote on January 30, 2023 at 9:32 AM

Yes and no, in practice his work was the first big way to "fix" capitalism. Quite a few of his ideas are interesting, but they have gotten picked up by a number of capitalists as a reason to cut income taxes, and an attempt to undercut the appeal of socialism. Like in the OP the article has the guy basically just advocating general tax cuts(which isn't Erie's problem, I live here and wages are awful). There are both Left and Right strains of Georgism.

Him and Marx were actually contemporaries for a bit: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1881/letters/81_06_20.htm

artificialavocado t1_j6hfany wrote on January 30, 2023 at 10:05 AM

I think the Erie area is the only part of the commonwealth I’ve yet to visit.

GraffitiTavern t1_j6hflml wrote on January 30, 2023 at 10:10 AM

Fun during the Spring+Summer, not missing a ton but Presque Isle is nice as are fresh pepperoni balls(local treat)

artificialavocado t1_j6hg6pg wrote on January 30, 2023 at 10:18 AM

In general are there a lot of lake activities? I live close to Sunbury there is some Susquehanna River stuff to do but not as much as people think.

GraffitiTavern t1_j6hgtvv wrote on January 30, 2023 at 10:27 AM

Depends on your definition of a lot, Presque Isle is a decently sized state park with a ton of visitors, theres also a whole marina part of the city to walk, a water park, and the tom ridge environmental center. In North East(a town North East of Erie) it's like a mini wine country.

Jaylon_Wennings t1_j6ks6oa wrote on January 31, 2023 at 12:51 AM

Wouldn’t that in theory make it more expensive to own a lot of land? Just curious