Good time to bug your MP

[tractor]

I actually explicitly addressed this in response to one of your posts earlier.

All of these are pretty minor obstacles which could be answered with a tiny bit of thought.

But I thought you had thought it through? What were your conclusions and proposals?

Genuinely I am interested...

[Robinho]

No i went on to say later that it wouldn't have to be perfect it could probably be done on the average of a postcode area. If there's not much economic activity in an area you could just extrapolate it from other similar areas or draw up a few statistical rules.

I concede it would require a bit of bureaucracy but i don't believe it's beyond the realms of statisticians. As long as whatever system is devised it's applied consistently.

[tractor]

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No i went on to say later that it wouldn't have to be perfect it could probably be done on the average of a postcode area. If there's not much economic activity in an area you could just extrapolate it from other similar areas or draw up a few statistical rules.

I concede it would require a bit of bureaucracy but i don't believe it's beyond the realms of statisticians. As long as whatever system is devised it's applied consistently.

On the average what of a postcode area? Sum of the telephone numbers of all residents? Average/mean/median/sum result of Mudskipper's willy waving poll?

[Robinho]

There are methods for determining land value. Obviously they do not constitute phone numbers.

[tractor]

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There are methods for determining land value. Obviously they do not constitute phone numbers.

And which of the 5 generally recognised methods would you use? Residual? This of course makes no allowance for property on the site either existing or proposed. So a fully developed site taking huge resource from the system would pay the same as an undeveloped site?

There are many, many other questions you have failed to answer about your well thought out proposal and I note you are now sticking to fairly obtuse one liners in support of your argument.

It would never work.

[sasguru]

I actually explicitly addressed this in response to one of your posts earlier.

All of these are pretty minor obstacles which could be answered with a tiny bit of thought.

You'd be the ideal person for this. Crap. this thread has sent me off again. My sides are hurting now.

[sasguru]

I have thought it through and i don't see any major problems.

Excellent, excellent. I suppose an economic system with no major problems will be jumped on by virtually every country in the world. Congratulations on the immense wealth that will surely follow your outstanding achievement and please don't forget us, your friends at CUK, as you jet-set around the world.

[Robinho]

And which of the 5 generally recognised methods would you use? Residual? This of course makes no allowance for property on the site either existing or proposed. So a fully developed site taking huge resource from the system would pay the same as an undeveloped site?

Yes, this is the whole point. You pay for the land value and not the value of the property, this incentives you to use the land productively.

There are many, many other questions you have failed to answer about your well thought out proposal and I note you are now sticking to fairly obtuse one liners in support of your argument.

Well it's not my proposal actually Adam Smith was an early advocate (what a mong) and Henry George really fleshed out the idea.

There are no major obstacles. A lot of the questions i'm being asked could just be applied to any tax in existence today and require only a minor amount of brain power to come to a sensible resolution.

It would never work.

But can you give one serious reason why not?

[sasguru]

... require only a minor amount of brain power to come to a sensible resolution.

Get working then ...

[Robinho]

Excellent, excellent. I suppose an economic system with no major problems will be jumped on by virtually every country in the world. Congratulations on the immense wealth that will surely follow your outstanding achievement and please don't forget us, your friends at CUK, as you jet-set around the world.

sas you're ******* dull.

I'm going to stop humouring you from now on.