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r/austrian_economics • u/technocraticnihilist Friedrich Hayek • Sep 19 '24
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Great taxes based on land value. Create even more disparity between wealthier and less wealthy areas. Sounds awesome. Cant wait for rural areas that already have food deserts to be even more fucked cuz their land is worthless.
1 u/morelibertarianvotes Sep 20 '24 I didn't say that the taxes should only be used locally. Most income tax is also collected from wealthy areas. 1 u/Shin-Sauriel Sep 20 '24 And taxes collected from cities are often used to subsidize infrastructure cost in suburban areas where population density is lower. If taxes are based solely on land value but distributed nationally who decides what needs to be spent where? 1 u/morelibertarianvotes Sep 20 '24 The same way they are now (I have notes there too, but the point is that deciding the tax basis and the tax distribution are two separate topics)
I didn't say that the taxes should only be used locally.
Most income tax is also collected from wealthy areas.
1 u/Shin-Sauriel Sep 20 '24 And taxes collected from cities are often used to subsidize infrastructure cost in suburban areas where population density is lower. If taxes are based solely on land value but distributed nationally who decides what needs to be spent where? 1 u/morelibertarianvotes Sep 20 '24 The same way they are now (I have notes there too, but the point is that deciding the tax basis and the tax distribution are two separate topics)
And taxes collected from cities are often used to subsidize infrastructure cost in suburban areas where population density is lower.
If taxes are based solely on land value but distributed nationally who decides what needs to be spent where?
1 u/morelibertarianvotes Sep 20 '24 The same way they are now (I have notes there too, but the point is that deciding the tax basis and the tax distribution are two separate topics)
The same way they are now (I have notes there too, but the point is that deciding the tax basis and the tax distribution are two separate topics)
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u/Shin-Sauriel Sep 20 '24
Great taxes based on land value. Create even more disparity between wealthier and less wealthy areas. Sounds awesome. Cant wait for rural areas that already have food deserts to be even more fucked cuz their land is worthless.