What Henry George thinks about energy

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American political economist (1839 to 1897); author of Progress and Poverty.

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1 dated position, c. 1877–1880, in their own words. Our reading of what Henry George has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. c. 1877–1880

   Our readingCurrent taxation obstructs trade and penalizes energy, industry, skill and thrift

   Their wordsThe present method of taxation operates upon exchange like artificial deserts and mountains; it costs more to get goods through a custom house than it does to carry them around the world. It operates upon energy, and industry, and skill, and thrift, like a fine upon those qualities.

   ↗Progress and Poverty (1879; Memorial Edition)gutenberg.org All 20 from this book