16 Nov 2022 10:04 pm
Cannonpointer » 16 Nov 2022, 8:42 pm » wrote: ↑ In this abortion - or as you call it, "thread," - you have defended a tax which DEMONSTRABLY fails to achieve the equity which you claim is your goal.
At the same time, you have disparaged and rejected a tax scheme which would directly affect ONLY the property owning class - the indirect effects of which you have not even ARGUED are disproportionate against the poor.
The scheme you favor necessitates busy work that is unproductive - a drain on society. Likewise, the scheme you favor has had a hundred years to be employed in the manner you believe it can work, and in that century-plus, it has produced the desired effect only extremely briefly under FDR.
There is no shame in getting it wrong; There is no dignity in lacking reverse gear.
what I found funny is he reflexively rejected LVT without learning the first thing about it.
I mean, you don’t have to get a P.H D. In economics, just go read a single paragraph by Henry George or watch a 5 minute YouTube video. How **** lazy is this guy