Economic Rent belongs to YOU

Knock us down with a feather!

Who knew that these two odious activities, sexual predation and economic-rent predation, would have so few degrees of separation?

Epstein files reveal Peter Mandelson supported campaign to undermine then-Australian PM Kevin Rudd’s mining super profits tax Former UK Labour minister wrote ‘pressure needs to be maintained’ against Australian Labor’s proposed tax in email sent two weeks before Rudd was replaced as PM

Well, d'uh! Privatize economic rent, which "nobody saw coming", and look what you get ...
https://youtu.be/WYmfpMPkmbw

Elizabeth Warren: The Heart of the Two Income Trap http://www.mslaw.edu When American's budget's shifted to dependence on two paycheck per family, american families didn't get financially safer, they got fin...

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"The new annual tax will be set at a flat 1 per cent of a commercial property’s unimproved land value."

Stamp duty abolished for commercial property in ‘landmark’ Victorian tax reform An annual property tax will replace stamp duty for commercial and industrial properties, which Treasurer Tim Pallas says will add $50 billion to the state’s economy.

The scourge of economic rent seeking, Part 2:

Rent seekers are profiting big time and it's hurting Australian living standards, top economist says Pointing to big changes that have greatly affected Australia's capacity to deliver rising standards of living, top economist Ross Garnaut calls for a major policy overhaul.

The scourge of economic rent seeking, Part 1:

Why the oil and gas tax is a dud and a gift to the industry There’s a good chance that Australia doesn’t receive a cent for its gas from the mega projects that will operate into the second half of this century.

A nice piece of rent-seeking

Poles and wires super-profits causing energy price spikes, and foreign takeovers As foreign takeovers swirl, a hidden super-profit is being levied by electricity network providers costing Australians $1bn a year.

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Progress & Poverty sold like hotcakes.

For our Canadian friends: does Economic Rent belong to YOU?

No. In Ontario, it belongs to a small group of donors to Premier Doug Ford's Conservative Party.

INVESTIGATION: Developers with ties to Ford government stand to cash in on Hwy. 413 The premier’s office says the 413 is needed to serve a growing population and relieve pressure on highways that will soon be over capacity. National Observer and Torstar took an inside look at the money, power and influence behind Ontario's push to build the highway.

Love it!

https://www.reddit.com/r/GeorgeDidNothingWrong/comments/ngovpk/will_you_get_into_the_good_place/

All the benefits of collecting the "unearned increment", including good policy that some on the right and some on the left agree on!

Just as true in 2021 as it was in 2017 ... and 1917 ... and 1817.

How a land value tax could solve many economic headaches Opinion: the introduction of a Land Value Tax would force people to be efficient with their use and ownership of land and help alleviate many of the Irish economy's current woes