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<blockquote data-quote="Bald Rick" data-source="post: 5707144" data-attributes="member: 2922"><p>Letter from Peter Reilly, Labour Party land campaign liaison officer in today’s Daily Pist (& likely other local/regional papers)</p><p></p><p>“Growing inequality in the economy is a huge issue but until one fundamental cause is highlighted, the solution will be elusive.</p><p>Wealth and income inequality will inevitably increase as long as landowners are able to benefit from rising land prices at the expense of individuals and Governments. Land is in fixed supply.</p><p>Any public investment in infrastructure, services and amenities, and any grants or subsidies to agriculture, industry and individuals and any easing of credit, ultimately boosts the demand for land and therefore its price and rental value. It seems that policies to benefit society and the economy always transfers wealth to landowners.</p><p>Seventy per cent of the land in the uk is owned by just 1% of the population. The only effective solution is to recapture land values for the benefit of the community as a whole. That is best achieved by taking land values.</p><p>Land Value Taxation (LVT) has added benefits of reducing land speculation, increasing the supply of land on the market for housing, and lowering land prices. Moreover, LVT is cheap to administer and is difficult to avoid or evade.</p><p>LVT should replace all other property taxes, which are deeply regressive and penalise small businesses.”</p><p></p><p>Discuss</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bald Rick, post: 5707144, member: 2922"] Letter from Peter Reilly, Labour Party land campaign liaison officer in today’s Daily Pist (& likely other local/regional papers) “Growing inequality in the economy is a huge issue but until one fundamental cause is highlighted, the solution will be elusive. Wealth and income inequality will inevitably increase as long as landowners are able to benefit from rising land prices at the expense of individuals and Governments. Land is in fixed supply. Any public investment in infrastructure, services and amenities, and any grants or subsidies to agriculture, industry and individuals and any easing of credit, ultimately boosts the demand for land and therefore its price and rental value. It seems that policies to benefit society and the economy always transfers wealth to landowners. Seventy per cent of the land in the uk is owned by just 1% of the population. The only effective solution is to recapture land values for the benefit of the community as a whole. That is best achieved by taking land values. Land Value Taxation (LVT) has added benefits of reducing land speculation, increasing the supply of land on the market for housing, and lowering land prices. Moreover, LVT is cheap to administer and is difficult to avoid or evade. LVT should replace all other property taxes, which are deeply regressive and penalise small businesses.” Discuss [/QUOTE]
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