The Philosophy of Henry George
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His theory was that the use of land 15 THE PHILOSOPHY OF HENRY GEORGE.
should be taxed for the benefit of the community, because it belongs to the community; and that what man wrought by his labor should not be taxed, because the tax on land would raise sufficient revenue and because to tax values other than land discourages industry. He believed that many of the evils of our civilization were due to land monopoly; that under our present system, where absolute private owner- ship of land is rec...ognized, men are shut out from the use of the land; and, believing that men have the same right to the use of land as to the use of air, as necessary to their existence, he proposed to prevent the idle holding of land by taxing all lands to the full rental value, exclusive oMmprovements, and to devote the revenue thus raised tt^, the common fund.
Many men hold up their hands in horror and declare that this is confiscation. Well, perhaps it is, but all taxation is more or less confiscation, and among systems of taxation this would have the unique merit of being taxation for the general good.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
His theory was that the use of land 15 THE PHILOSOPHY OF HENRY GEORGE.
should be taxed for the benefit of the community, because it belongs to the community; and that what man wrought by his labor should not be taxed, because the tax on land would raise sufficient revenue and because to tax values other than land discourages industry. He believed that many of the evils of our civilization were due to land monopoly; that under our present system, where absolute private owner- ship of land is rec...ognized, men are shut out from the use of the land; and, believing that men have the same right to the use of land as to the use of air, as necessary to their existence, he proposed to prevent the idle holding of land by taxing all lands to the full rental value, exclusive oMmprovements, and to devote the revenue thus raised tt^, the common fund.
Many men hold up their hands in horror and declare that this is confiscation. Well, perhaps it is, but all taxation is more or less confiscation, and among systems of taxation this would have the unique merit of being taxation for the general good.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Harry James Cantwell to read onlineMoreLess
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