Timeline for answer to If all taxes were replaced with a Land Tax, would this deliver a fairer society and improve the economy? by MichaelS
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| 14 hours ago | comment | added | Mary | @PurpleP If they aren't going to put it in the price where are they going to get the money? | |
| Feb 12, 2021 at 23:46 | comment | added | EvilSnack | The only way to do this is implement price controls, which are worse than allowing businesses to pass on their costs to their customers. | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 6:39 | comment | added | Purple P | @EvilSnack Can't laws be crafted to prevent people from passing taxes on? | |
| Oct 18, 2016 at 11:52 | comment | added | Caustix | My point was that tax evasion amongst the elites is rife, therefore the little man currently pays too much tax, while the elites don't, and waste the nation's wealth on things like luxury yachts, which don't really help the little man. By ensuring the elites pay more tax, the little man pays less. | |
| Oct 18, 2016 at 1:12 | comment | added | MichaelS | @Kys: Yes, specific prices of specific goods will change based on specific taxes. Maybe farm-grown food costs a little more, so people will be slightly more likely to buy fish or whatever. But the end result will be about the same. | |
| Oct 17, 2016 at 19:08 | comment | added | Kys | Why wouldn't prices change to account for the amount of land involved in the good's production? So a farmer needs to charge significantly more for his grain to cover the large amount of land he owns, while a fisherman can lower his prices. | |
| Oct 16, 2016 at 20:18 | comment | added | EvilSnack | +1 for essentially saying that all taxes will eventually be passed on to someone who can't pass them on. This is so frequently forgotten. | |
| Oct 15, 2016 at 10:17 | history | answered | MichaelS | CC BY-SA 3.0 |