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09-30-2003, 09:34 PM
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The future is unwritten
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Since the Empire State Building sits on the same size plot of land as my house we should pay the same taxes. Oh sure, that's a good idea.
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09-30-2003, 09:34 PM
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09-30-2003, 09:35 PM
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Person who doesn't update the user title
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I am what is best described as a sycamore liberal. Yep, that works.
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09-30-2003, 09:42 PM
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get it now? |
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09-30-2003, 09:44 PM
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09-30-2003, 09:47 PM
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09-30-2003, 09:49 PM
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Radical Centrist
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Now we're getting somewhere! OK, who sets the valuation of the land, by what method?
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09-30-2003, 09:50 PM
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09-30-2003, 10:02 PM
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Some kind of laissez-faire political economists started that term many years ago...I think they were called Physiocrats one of which was Adam Smith. Hmmm sems to me somewhere else there is a posting on this topic. Adam Smith |
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09-30-2003, 10:02 PM
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09-30-2003, 10:08 PM
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can anyone here believe a self-described "green" is giving a lecture on the "free market" to a guy who claims to be a "libertarian" granted of the "neo" flavored but...
what is the world of ours coming to? on second thought - is it our world? |
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09-30-2003, 10:18 PM
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Radical Centrist
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Not the value of the land; the valuation. Who decides how much the land is worth FOR TAX PURPOSES?
Can I buy the land under the Empire State Building for $1 in a sweetheart deal or structured deal and thus have it valued at $1 for tax purposes? |
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09-30-2003, 10:19 PM
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a real smartass
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Man! These original handles are killing me!
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09-30-2003, 10:32 PM
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Ok class repeat after me: Buyer - how much do you want to sell that land under the Empire State Building for? Seller - two billion dollars Buyer - too high for my pocketbook but you have just set your land valuation Class - that is called the free market. The buyer (who just happens to be a private tax assessor) ask the seller what he wants for the land under the building. If the buyer thinks it is too high he sends him a land valuation bill. If the buyer thinks it is too low he buys it. see this way everyone is happy (no force no fraud) and did you notice that there are no gov't agents snooping around? good, because that scares the beejeezes out of the those neo-libertarians! Last edited by JanLocke; 09-30-2003 at 10:35 PM. |
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09-30-2003, 10:39 PM
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Radical Centrist
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Type slower so I get it: why does the landowner have to set a selling price at all? If they set that price, and someone agrees to it, are they then obligated to sell?
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