[Retric]

> vary within and without metro areas

Even more distortion.

When you look land value tax and start thinking ahh but this impact needs to be mitigated that’s a sign there’s an inherent problem with the approach. There’s an endless list of things people would tweak if it was high enough replace income taxes the flawed system that resulted would still just be less efficient overall.

Just by comparison people don’t single out professions and say lawyers should have higher rates than doctors. You’re not tempted to try and manipulate the economy through central planning as we would be with land value taxes.