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Land Tax and Citizens Income - further discussion...

... the rent and distributing it all as a dividend to citizens for the reasons Paul outlined. "Commonwealth" - you are ... Tim: " 2. As you should know, we aim to eradicate income tax., so the comparison does not hold. " See above - I'm ...

Story - Jock - 26/07/2008 - 04:36 - 16 comments - 0 attachments

Unconditional benefits: now is the time to smash that "cosy consensus"

... of a property cycle. Hint. Hint!! Citizen's Income - this is the real challenge to the "cosy consensus" that ... the very fact of "free land" combined with "citizens income" would create an environment where people do not need to ...

Story - Jock - 23/07/2008 - 15:41 - 14 comments - 0 attachments

Land. Value. Tax.

... and will recoil from the idea of giving people a basic income for fear it becomes an invitation to idleness. That's fine. For you, ... returned to everyone as a dividend. (Land Value Tax, citizens income, economic liberalism, Henry George, property rights, small ...

Story - Jock - 19/10/2008 - 00:26 - 8 comments - 1 attachment

Private charity, voluntary co-operation or state welfare

... of course I do have an answer of sorts - the basic income derived from land user fees (which would on their own create an almost ... our taxes thank you very much. National Insurance and Income Tax between them effectively make the worker near forty per cent worse ... welfare system. (Land Value Tax, charity, citizens income, economic liberalism, geo-libertarian, Golden Dozen, ...

Story - Jock - 01/10/2008 - 17:22 - 9 comments - 0 attachments

Response to some comments on "Unconditional Benefits"

... Value Tax (or "The Single Tax"), Citizen's Income and Ownership for All. In the comments, Tim Carpenter , Head of ... at the lower end. Result: black economy, unproductive citizens, more companies shutting down and a growth in imports (and do not say ...

Story - Jock - 25/07/2008 - 00:20 - 10 comments - 0 attachments

Workfair - a question

... benefits? Obviously I don't like this idea.  Citizens Income would solve all of this without any potential stigma that might be ...

Story - Jock - 08/01/2008 - 20:00 - 1 comment - 0 attachments

Low tax Tories? Don't make me laugh!

... felt by virtually all households; reducing national Income Tax by four pence in the pound would be felt by every individual ... my pet pair of elephants - Land Value Tax and Citizens' Income . I maintain that by adopting the "Single ...

Story - Jock - 08/10/2007 - 05:06 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Repent! For the end of the state is nigh!

... stick by the state and try and keep it working just as its citizens are less and less tied to it, which will inevitably lead to more and ... You can't virtualize land as easily as you can income - for we all still need to have a base somewhere. There's ...

Story - Jock - 15/11/2008 - 22:21 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Jock's Top Ten

... know of any good articles, pamphlets, books, pdfs etc on citizens income and LVT. I've read the sites you've linked to but I was wondering what ...

Story - Jock - 08/08/2008 - 12:50 - 2 comments - 0 attachments

Labour "Guinness Four" moment?

... for the right to control nearly half of the nation's income, the £500bn or so public expenditure budget as well as the right to ... to some, war or peace to others, quality of life to all citizens. It's far too important to leave to careerists and hangers-on. ...

Story - Jock - 19/12/2007 - 09:03 - 6 comments - 0 attachments