tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post1589302208472856828..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: Killer Arguments Against LVT. Not (340)Mark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-37395435580349596842014-10-08T20:54:41.443+01:002014-10-08T20:54:41.443+01:00BJ, their payment for land can be broken down into...BJ, their payment for land can be broken down into <br /><br />a) payment for cost of land = £zero and <br /><br />b) ransom payment (not just in the estate agent jargon sense, but in a very real sense of blackmail and extortion) of the rest of it = all of it.<br /><br />The Homeys just want to be able to extort money out of the next sucker down the line, and so on ad infinitum.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-17577840648470037402014-10-08T18:31:25.768+01:002014-10-08T18:31:25.768+01:00@mw
As I pointed out above, as land has no cost o...@mw<br /><br />As I pointed out above, as land has no cost of production, if they had "paid" for it's value, it's selling price would be zero.<br /><br />All they've done is buy the right to a perpetual free lunch. One they can sell on to the next freelunch title holder.benjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11544297406005346095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-17703011228175965162014-10-08T18:25:27.002+01:002014-10-08T18:25:27.002+01:00BJ, good point I have updated.
TS, probably.
D...BJ, good point I have updated. <br /><br />TS, probably. <br /><br />DBC, agreed. "Aspiration" is the ultimate Homey justification for anything they want.<br /><br />M, Balls said he would extend the Mansion Tax Lite (or ATED, which has been successfully trialled on dodgy foreigners over the past two years) to all homes. The ATED charge in £2 to £5 million band is £15,400 a year.<br /><br />BJ, yes, but they PAID for their land out of TAXED INCOME. Allegedly. <br /><br />Fact is, all payments to private individuals for use of land are white collar crime. The fact that somebody has been both a victim of white collar crime in the distant past and wishes to be a perpetrator thereof now and forever more is neither here nor there as far as I am concerned.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-11550681894402113082014-10-08T14:44:00.565+01:002014-10-08T14:44:00.565+01:00Perhaps we should campaign to change the name &quo...Perhaps we should campaign to change the name "freehold title owner" to "freelunch title owners"?<br /><br />So, it's nice and clear what's it actually means.benjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11544297406005346095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-90951141010347366382014-10-08T14:24:11.080+01:002014-10-08T14:24:11.080+01:00Where do they get the £15400 figure from?
Also, no...Where do they get the £15400 figure from?<br />Also, no mention of the many more people who are cash rich, asset poor, who are being absolutely shafted and prevented from ever becoming asset rich.mombershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09650866436764567516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-25874837142720915012014-10-08T14:13:32.992+01:002014-10-08T14:13:32.992+01:00Re: "aspiration".Many years ago there wa...Re: "aspiration".Many years ago there was something of a revolution in Philosophy when Ordinary Language Philosophers après JL Austin started saying its pointless debating what,for instance, "freedom" is; the word is seldom used on its own; it's generally used with prepositions hence one is "free to" do something or there is a "freedom from" something .The same applies to "aspiration": one aspires to something. In my experience of Parents Evenings listening to parents of 16year olds they aspire to their children doing jobs that will support a dirty great mortgage."Aspiration" is a Homeownerist code word IMO.DBC Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17891849727783879145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-55508387346343102672014-10-08T13:06:24.324+01:002014-10-08T13:06:24.324+01:00By any measurement, it won't affect Labour'...By any measurement, it won't affect Labour's chances, and will do them a lot of good.<br /><br />Winning an election means winning places like Worcester, Swindon, Northampton. The voters of Bolsover and Kensington don't matter - the former will vote Labour in large enough numbers, the latter will never vote Labour.<br /><br />And those places have very few £2m homes. According to Rightmove, within 5 miles of Swindon there is one with an "offers over £1.95m", so, right, one voter.<br /><br />It's why it's a brilliant policy for Labour - loads of money for the exchequer, no effect on economic growth, very little effect on marginal seats.Tim Almondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13369256383976094670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-34402873713173069742014-10-08T12:39:05.865+01:002014-10-08T12:39:05.865+01:00And, how much rent have they saved over 50 years?
...And, how much rent have they saved over 50 years?<br /><br />The rent isn't "free". It value has always to be created and sustained by something/someone.<br /><br />Of course people will say they paid their rent when they bought their house.<br /><br />This is bollocks. They have bought an exchangeable licence that allows them to enjoy the land rent free. <br /><br />It's the only reason Land has a selling price. <br /><br />benjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11544297406005346095noreply@blogger.com