"At one extreme, one might claim that people have the right to keep any property currently in their possession; it would follow from this that it would be a violation of rights for there to be any taxation whatsoever. "
I can't answer if that is Bryan's position, but it is pretty much mine. I am a Georgist Single Land Taxer. Any other for…
"At one extreme, one might claim that people have the right to keep any property currently in their possession; it would follow from this that it would be a violation of rights for there to be any taxation whatsoever. "
I can't answer if that is Bryan's position, but it is pretty much mine. I am a Georgist Single Land Taxer. Any other form of taxation is immoral. But acknowledging a semi-socialist position that undeveloped land belongs to everyone and thus taxing the economic rents of the undeveloped land is (barely) acceptable.
"At one extreme, one might claim that people have the right to keep any property currently in their possession; it would follow from this that it would be a violation of rights for there to be any taxation whatsoever. "
I can't answer if that is Bryan's position, but it is pretty much mine. I am a Georgist Single Land Taxer. Any other form of taxation is immoral. But acknowledging a semi-socialist position that undeveloped land belongs to everyone and thus taxing the economic rents of the undeveloped land is (barely) acceptable.
But any tax on productivity is immoral.