• SCB@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    You seem to think I am unfamiliar with Henry George and I assure you that is quite untrue. I am all about LVTs, political dead-ends though they may be.

    However, I am informed enough to know an LVT is inherently progressive.

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      1 year ago

      I think you’re talking about the poltiical philosophy of progressivism as opposed to progressive tax, especially progressive income tax.

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        1 year ago

        No, I am definitely not.

        A progressive tax is a tax in which the tax rate increases as the taxable amount increases.

        A land value tax is a progressive tax, in that the tax burden falls on land owners, because land ownership is correlated with wealth and income

        Source: literally any discussion about progressive taxation and Georgism

        I am not a Progressive arguing in favor of Progressivism. I am loosely a “third way” neoliberal with Georgist tendencies (also in favor of Pigouvian taxation, etc), arguing that words have actual meanings.