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submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 11 months ago (22 children)

Change My View: Its not the business owner's fault that they can't pay enough wages to hire enough people. It is the landowners and land speculators fault for raising the rent / price of land to the point where the businessowers don't have enough money to pay.people because all their revenue is going to the landowners. I believe we need a land value tax to fix this issue.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

A very Georgist view, but a lot of companies are just scummy and want to make the most profit possible.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Sure, but at least companies can be competed with and if they get too big, are subject to government scrutiny. On the other hand, its really hard to control a large population of landowners and speculators who have a personal incentive to do whatever they can to increase the perceived price of their owned land.