Good time to bug your MP

[Robinho]

robinho, if you're serious about your ridiculous land tax (and presumably you are, as you never miss an opportunity to bang on about it), why not try Googling on "disadvantages of land tax"? It's the hallmark of a kook to be blind to arguments, or simple observations, that go against their pet theory.

Practically the first link that comes up, Land Tax in NSW - Briefing Paper 06/1998 dated 17/04/1998 - NSW Parliament,
lists several disadvantages, and you'll notice that several countries that used to have some kind of land tax have now abolished it. Doesn't that tell you something?

There are many other disadvantages. For example, off the top of my head, one couldn't directly fleece tourists and visitors via the tax system, as they own no land!

There would have to be so many exemptions that it would end up little different from council tax, with the added risks of either suppressing land development that was appropriate and/or incentivizing development that wasn't.

Tourists would still be using land for example at restaurants, hotels etc, so yes they would be paying the tax, just not directly.

As i say, the main problem is the transition which is when most of the exemptions would need to occur for example with pensioners. Once the market has readjusted thought these problems wouldn't exist.

Why would land development be suppressed?

[speling bee]

It was your logic sas. You suggested my ideas haven't been adopted because they're crap. However you have now conceded that government chooses crap anyway. By conceding that you also concede that the government hasn't selected good policies, and thus you have also conceded that it does not logically follow that just because my ideas haven't been adopted they are then automatically crap.

Hong Kong has a land value tax btw.

Was your undergrad degree in economics or did you do joint honours economics and philosophy?

[sasguru]

Was your undergrad degree in economics or did you do joint honours economics and philosophy?

No stop it please, not another day lost to the giggles.

[sasguru]

Once the market has readjusted thought these problems wouldn't exist.

Fantastic. We would finally have economic utopia. Jeez, you're fooking brilliant, you know.
You should be chancellor, you're wasted as an itinerant IT jobber soon to be cast on the scrapheap.

[Robinho]

I never said anything about a utopia.

[sasguru]

I never said anything about a utopia.

Well you said eventually the free market would ensure problems wouldn't exist (with your economic system)
That is the definition of utopia: when problems don't exist.
Well done on being the first person in human history to work it out.
When are you collecting your Nobel?

[Robinho]

No i said transitional problems wouldn't exist after the market has readjusted. You're getting desperate now.

[sasguru]

No i said transnational problems wouldn't exist after the market has readjusted. You're getting desperate now.

So there would be non-transnational problems? What might these be, pray tell?

[Robinho]

Typo, see edit above.

[sasguru]

No i said transitional problems wouldn't exist after the market has readjusted. You're getting desperate now.

Oh you've changed it now.
Obviously transitional problems are by their nature temporary and wouldn't exist after the readjustment of the market.
Do you foresee any, shall we say, non-transitional problems after the readjustment of the market?