[kirvyteo]

I like the idea of a productivity tax. I feel the "least" productive activity should get taxed the most. E.g. rent should be taxed higher than work income. It doesn't make sense that the highest earner in a job should be taxed at the same rate as a person sitting back and waiting for rent. Not sure about Sweden but in Singapore, rental is added to your total income from your job and taxed as a total.

[SapphireSun]

I'm starting to believe that landlords just shouldn't exist. What is the benefit to society? We grant them the right to exclude others from the land, enforced by police, merely so they can benefit. The cost of the house is often less than the land! In that fashion, they are merely holding intellectual property. If tenants didn't have to pay the bank or a landlord they could often easily afford basic repairs by saving up, and we could run a public insurance program to help them do so.