Thanks. South Africa has many challenges and the biggest ones have not been solved and probably won't be without Georgism carving a lane into their politics. It offers economic and social justice, now and in the future. Hopefully more African states can adopt Georgist policies and ideology, because the status quo is failing most.
The idea that the great areas of land in a country are being held by a small proportion of the population and this is destructive to the opportunities these areas would otherwise provide, should be made more clear. We should better express this claim by the fact that it is the USEFUL SITES not simply the big areas of it that are being privitized. I suspect that were it based on the VALUE OF THE LAND being privitized and not just the proportion of its area, the resulting numbers would result in the associated facts in this explanation being even more extreem.
IF all the useful sites of land were not privately owned but gradually and legally sold to the government (at the time when the property is normally sold or transferred to a new owner) and owned by the government on behalf of the people living there, and IF all those who occupiy these sites (and more sensibly made good use of them), had to pay a lease-fee for being there and IF all other kinds of taxation were eliminated, THEN we would achieve George's system of the Single Tax without OFFENDING the land owners.
Great insight, thanks. I was from the Thatcher school of privatization in the 1990s. I was wrong. I have changed my mind completely in the last few years.
WildCape is an interesting name, you are from Cape Town/Stellenbosch?
Appreciate the comment. I have had my own journey when it comes to economic beliefs. We just have to have the courage (like you have) to admit that we are wrong and that we need to change.
Good article! I've always thought that South Africa was particularly well suited to the Georgist message.
Thanks. South Africa has many challenges and the biggest ones have not been solved and probably won't be without Georgism carving a lane into their politics. It offers economic and social justice, now and in the future. Hopefully more African states can adopt Georgist policies and ideology, because the status quo is failing most.
The idea that the great areas of land in a country are being held by a small proportion of the population and this is destructive to the opportunities these areas would otherwise provide, should be made more clear. We should better express this claim by the fact that it is the USEFUL SITES not simply the big areas of it that are being privitized. I suspect that were it based on the VALUE OF THE LAND being privitized and not just the proportion of its area, the resulting numbers would result in the associated facts in this explanation being even more extreem.
IF all the useful sites of land were not privately owned but gradually and legally sold to the government (at the time when the property is normally sold or transferred to a new owner) and owned by the government on behalf of the people living there, and IF all those who occupiy these sites (and more sensibly made good use of them), had to pay a lease-fee for being there and IF all other kinds of taxation were eliminated, THEN we would achieve George's system of the Single Tax without OFFENDING the land owners.
Great insight, thanks. I was from the Thatcher school of privatization in the 1990s. I was wrong. I have changed my mind completely in the last few years.
WildCape is an interesting name, you are from Cape Town/Stellenbosch?
Appreciate the comment. I have had my own journey when it comes to economic beliefs. We just have to have the courage (like you have) to admit that we are wrong and that we need to change.