Seeing the Cat

BBC - Democracy Live - Short debate: A Land Value Tax for Wales?.

Sometimes it is easier to picture a reform if one thinks about it in the context of another society. This talk, in front of the National Assembly of Wales, is a good introduction.

As I listened, I did some searching; you might appreciate

• http://www.labourland.org/lvt/labour_and_land.php
• http://www.labour-party.org.uk/manifestos/1906/1906-labour-manifesto.shtml
• http://www.clickonwales.org/2012/02/windfalls-from-public-investment-should-be-shared/

In short a Land Value Tax is:

• Cheap to collect

• Difficult to evade

• Discourages speculative land holding

• Encourages active use of land, creating more job opportunities and wealth