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by MC7447a 3891 days ago
> So, are we trying build some communist utopia where private ownership of the building is forbidden,

No, the building is private property.

> all land belongs to government which rents it to a citizens?

Yes. The idea is that taxing land (not: buildings or property!) is less distortionary than taxing income or consumption. Hyper-capitalistic Hong Kong operates on that model. Property is expensive, but income tax is around 15% and consumption/sales tax is 0%.

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Many advocates of land-value taxation have proposed entirely replacing all other forms of taxation with it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_tax