RE: how to eliminate unemployement; land tax user-fees

2002-08-16 Thread Grey Thomas
> Subject: RE: how to eliminate unemployement Well, the communists were most successful -- unemployment was illegal. This worked. It's not very free market, though. > > > I know Georgists support land taxes (or community collection > of rent, if you > prefer) to fund services. That is one

RE: how to eliminate unemployement; land tax user-fees

2002-08-26 Thread Kevin Carson
>From: Grey Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >User-fees are an excellent idea, but I don't think >incompatible with a Lib-Georgist land value tax: >Who supports the judiciary? Who supports the >Dept. of War? er, Defense? -- property owners, >who need/use local police and international police, >as

RE: how to eliminate unemployement; land tax user-fees

2002-08-26 Thread Fred Foldvary
--- Kevin Carson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As for "defense," a decentralized, stateless society would present few > concentrated targets of value to foreign predators; it would have no > central government to surrender; Tell that to the American Indians. > and local citizens' militias, feder

RE: how to eliminate unemployement; land tax user-fees

2002-08-26 Thread Kevin Carson
>From: Fred Foldvary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > As for "defense," a decentralized, stateless society would present few > > concentrated targets of value to foreign predators; it would have no > > central government to surrender; > >Tell that to the American Indians. OK, adding the proviso that the