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submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Progress and Poverty, and you still can't just have everything for free even in a better system.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Wouldn't the LVT+UBI that Henry George proposes effectively cancel rent and then some? We'd be getting paid 100% of the surplus from land use, not just a safety net.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'll have to add that to my list, always looking to learn more.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

It's a good read, makes you realize how swindled we got, and what we might have had if they'd adopted these ideas in the late 1800's.