cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-29 months agoHow come Georgism (land value tax) never caught on?message-squaremessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down11
arrow-up1-1arrow-down1message-squareHow come Georgism (land value tax) never caught on?cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-29 months agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squareFireTower@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoThis might not be the reason but in the US a lot of land is privately owned undeveloped land. If you taxed undeveloped land you may incentivize the destruction of habitats of a lot of wildlife.
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·9 months agoSurely there could be a conservation exception
This might not be the reason but in the US a lot of land is privately owned undeveloped land. If you taxed undeveloped land you may incentivize the destruction of habitats of a lot of wildlife.
Surely there could be a conservation exception