tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post8337782362628475186..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: Killer Arguments Against LVT, Not (358)Mark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-22350312397185316442015-04-07T18:16:18.528+01:002015-04-07T18:16:18.528+01:00JH, it's a war on several fronts.
Explain to ...JH, it's a war on several fronts.<br /><br />Explain to the lefties that taxing personal income and wealth is a terrible way of doing things, and that the government should be smaller than they want.<br /><br />Explain to the right wingers that taxing land values is a very good way of doing things and the government should be larger than they want.<br /><br />And so on.<br /><br />M, yes of course, BR is as close as dammit to LVT.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-42196161000964423922015-04-07T16:35:40.431+01:002015-04-07T16:35:40.431+01:00"Wealthy commercial landlords could tie the a..."Wealthy commercial landlords could tie the assessment process up in costly legal knots."<br />Fewer legal knots than the current UBR system surely? Not that UBR comes close to the legal knots, criminal behaviour and other damaging effects of other, worse taxes.mombershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09650866436764567516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-83401845517660642272015-04-07T13:20:21.643+01:002015-04-07T13:20:21.643+01:00JH, look at the YPP manifesto.JH, look at the YPP manifesto.Randomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04445772572707818311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-67512018259353110082015-04-07T13:06:38.770+01:002015-04-07T13:06:38.770+01:00So what's the road map, Mark for LVT?So what's the road map, Mark for LVT?James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-77283047419310313962015-04-06T20:29:46.831+01:002015-04-06T20:29:46.831+01:00TS, rather surprisingly, there are three or four w...TS, rather surprisingly, there are three or four within a few miles of where I live, but they are quite small and close to rivers, where they shouldn't be building houses anyway. So good place for a golf course, site rental value = not much.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-50573605579656555642015-04-06T19:23:16.382+01:002015-04-06T19:23:16.382+01:00Are there any left in towns? I think Royal Lytham ...Are there any left in towns? I think Royal Lytham St Annes might still be, but didn't most of the town courses get sold for development in the 80s?Tim Almondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13369256383976094670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-28868930402017330382015-04-06T16:44:04.227+01:002015-04-06T16:44:04.227+01:00R, we can call it what we like, the Homeys will al...R, we can call it what we like, the Homeys will always go mental about it. They cannot even distinguish between 20% LVT (council tax) and 100% LVT. Their response is Pavlovian rage and hatred.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-44101152357828857522015-04-06T16:13:17.536+01:002015-04-06T16:13:17.536+01:00Instead of LVT we should call it "land value ...Instead of LVT we should call it "land value fees" as it is more a charge on user benefits.Randomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04445772572707818311noreply@blogger.com