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The "land value tax, " he suggested, could boost the economy, smooth income disparities, and encourage development of empty lots.
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Only about 20 towns in the U.S. have adopted the land value tax.
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"Caroline has before Parliament a land value tax bill, " added Natalie Bennett.
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Now, more than 100 years later, Parliament is scheduled in April to debate a bill to explore a land value tax.
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It also argues for more taxes on property, such as a land value tax or a reformed council tax, to suppress rises in house prices.
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Something like land value tax perhaps in the Georgist tradition.
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In New York, Scott Baker, a novelist and president of Georgist organization Common Ground, began a petition two years ago for New York state to adopt a land value tax.
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George wanted to tax the rental value of unimproved land, as that was the least distortionary tax possible.
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Two of the provisions that I found rather intriguing were a wealth tax and land value taxation (also known as community ground rent).
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The Green Party endorses Land Value Taxation, but not as an exclusive tax.
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With a conservation easement, you give some or all of the development rights on your land to a government agency or not-for-profit (there are more than 1, 700 local land trusts), and you get a federal income tax deduction for the gift (the difference in the value of the land before and after the easement is in place).
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For we do not have just the one tax, on rental value of land, which is undistortionary then all other taxes are distortionary to the same degree.
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