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by djbebs 1471 days ago
The problem with such a tax is the same problem all other taxes and businesses that do not properly align their incentives have.

Ultimately the ones paying are not the ones making the decisions.

I'm all for a land area tax, but such a tax must necessarily come with political reforms to ensure the proceeds of said tax are used in the manner that the payer of the tax decides.

In other words, people don't vote, land does.

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Ceding political and budgetary power to wealthier portion of citizens does not seem like a good way to maintain a healthy society. Even the poor deserve a say in how they will be governed, and where collected taxes will go.