Hi, apologies if there's something in this in the faq's or someplace like that on this...

I've been listening to a bit of Georgism. I have two major questions, the one I hope someone here can point towards the answer to is about the implementation of a lvt. Wouldn't it be the case that this would have to be implemented by the municipality that elects or appoints an assessors office? And the assessor's office would...ahem, assess the land and apply the designated lvt? I actually know someone from Arlen, Delaware, but i don't remember whether her presentation covered this. So, it couldn't be a Single Tax, unless the municipalities kicked back a hunk to the feds...correct?

My second question, I'm working thru videos on. It's just very hard to understand how it would bring down the price of something that is in limited supply...by taxing it....

One of the podcasts I'm listening to is includes someone who, in his day job, analyze the video game market. Is there...missing the word...guess how old I am!?...lol! a fabricated reality game that applies Georgist principles? I tried to noodle a bit on some platform once, I think it was called Democracy, where one creates worlds, but I got frustrated and gave up.

Anywho, I'm glad you all are here.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/DarkGeorgism/

And how would state governments be funded if it's collected on a federal level?

What states, other than Pennsylvania, is it legal to do split-rate property tax? It seems some states have problems due to anti-Georgist language embedded in state constitutions.

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Full article here: https://maggiemcmartty.medium.com/protecting-second-amendment-rights-defending-individual-liberty-and-self-defense-0421b6a3fce2

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do you think its compatible with geolibertarianism?

If you are a classic liberal or minarchist you might have noticed your government has not been responsible with money and is probably in debt as well. So in order to fight it you propose decreasing the state's size in order to never repeat it again. But there is a problem. Just like you cannot go from looking like Nikocado avocado to looking giga chad overnight, you cannot go from whatever your state is to a Misesian nightwatchman state overnight. You gotta go there gradually and here are some first steps.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11ChXhg0HSo

When questioned they gave me some CYA comment about me breaking their rules of civil discourse (no clue what this is in regards to though) and then "Furthermore we do not owe you a platform for spreading Anti-libertarian ideologies such as socialism/communism."

It's sad, I was subbed there for a lot of years and it's a great place for teaching libertarian curious people what libertarianism is, in fact that's where I myself first learned about Henry George and his interesting ideas. I'd never so much as gotten a warning in all my years there, but such is life.

I'm not really sure which flavor of libertarianism the mods are now interested in pushing there, but it isn't ours.

I've looked into the history of the single-tax movement in preparation for an upcoming related lecture. Yet, I still haven't really found a common problem all of them faced that prevented expansion. Is there a book or paper that better describes why single-tax colonies faltered?

Do you guys believe in basically Minarchism (minimal state: police, emergency services, military, justice system) financed through LVT and maybe Pigouvian taxes under the system of laissez faire capitalism?

Gidday!

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Quick question to the GeoLibertarian Community.

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What is the difference between 'Left-wing Georgism', 'Right-wing Georgism' and 'GeoLibertarianism'?

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At the risk of sounding rather arrogant, isn't 'Georgism' centrist?

After I said that property taxes only on land have the least economic distortions of any of the major tax proposals.

Property taxes are one of the biggest impediments to the market. Period. Increased property taxes artificially raise the cost of living which raises the cost to rent which raises the cost of business startup which distorts prices and wages. Income taxes do NONE of those things. An income tax would probably only impact in-migration rates from other states. A sales tax would be stupid because it would destroy the uniqueness of NH’s tourist industry and take away our advertisement advantages.

So I’ve found myself moving more towards Lib Centre ideologies and this is one on my radar, however I’m struggling to understand the basics. I was wondering if anyone could recommend a straightforward 101 of GeoLib theory?

I’m curious on privatisation and land distribution, as well as the way tax would work. Im big on public healthcare and infrastructure but think people should be able to own their own land for their own purposes and I support free speech and trade with some restrictions to stop things getting too out of hand (monopolies mainly)

Sorry if I’m completely off but I’m interested in the ins and outs so if anyone could give me some constructive guidance I’d appreciate it!