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Watch this 5 times then spend ten minutes passing it on:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gD_dZvPwAj0

Questions in this thread about real estate, "investing" etc. Comprehend it with the above.

Some sincere feedback: LVT sounds a cooky concept that might solve inherited / ossified land ownership problem in the UK, but it seems to have little relevance to the USA. Land is plentiful here.

LVT might also reward families with liquid assets, while burdening lower-income families whose main asset is their house.

Major economists like Friedman disagree with you.

It has huge relevance in the USA. George was American.

Read this essay on raised land values by proxy (railroads or today tech or infra):

http://www.wealthandwant.com/HG/what_the_railroad_will_bring...

thanks. land value tax is one of the great mysteries of life for me. bookmarked it for new-year watching.

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