What Henry George thinks about fiscal policy

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

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3 dated positions, 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 readingSociety need not confiscate land, only the rent it yields

   Their wordsWe may safely leave them the shell, if we take the kernel. It is not necessary to confiscate land; it is only necessary to confiscate rent.

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

3. c. 1877–1880

   Our readingAll taxation except a tax on land values should be abolished

   Their wordsNow, insomuch as the taxation of rent, or land values, must necessarily be increased just as we abolish other taxes, we may put the proposition into practical form by proposing— To abolish all taxation save that upon land values.

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

5. c. 1877–1880

   Our readingA tax on land values is the most just and equal of all taxes

   Their wordsThe tax upon land values is, therefore, the most just and equal of all taxes. It falls only upon those who receive from society a peculiar and valuable benefit, and upon them in proportion to the benefit they receive.

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