The Land Dividend: How a Land Value Tax Can Fund a UBI
basicincome.org
The article argues that current property taxes unfairly penalize development while allowing landowners to pocket unearned windfalls from rising land values without contributing proportionately. It proposes implementing a land value tax to capture this uncreated wealth and use the revenue to fund a Universal Basic Income, thereby compensating citizens for the common good taken for private gain.
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