The Geonomic Land Value Tax would result in lower property taxes for mom & pop homes and stores, higher taxes for speculators, end the budget deficits of most major cities (and hence, most states), free up unused land, end urban sprawl, provide good jobs developing communities, and provide affordable housing. Why aren't we doing it? Can you spell e-l-i-t-e? |
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Scott Baker is a Managing Editor & The Economics Editor at Opednews, and a former blogger for Huffington Post, Daily Kos, and Global Economic Intersection.
His anthology of updated Opednews articles "America is Not Broke" was published by Tayen Lane Publishing (March, 2015) and may be found here:
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Scott is a former and current President of Common Ground-NY (http://commongroundnyc.org/), a Geoist/Georgist activist group. He has written dozens of (more...)