Re: Income from a tax on land.

From: Igor (jjweatherby_at_houston.rr.com)
Date: 12/21/04 

Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 19:24:03 GMT

royls@telus.net wrote:

>>NOTHING GUARANTEES APPROPRIATION OF LABOR.
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> Owning land that yields rent does.
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READ RICARDO READ GEORGE. LEARN WHAT RENT MEANS. Rent is the share paid
to land.

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>>YOU COMPLETELY MISUNDERSTAND RENT.
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> <yawn> Back atcha, pal.
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>>RENT DOES NOT COME FROM LABOR.
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> Yes, actually, it does.
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You have zero understanding of what Ricardo or George meant by rent.
READ THEM.

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>>There is a very good explanation of
>>rent at www.henrygeorge.org.
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> Yes, and it defines rent as that part of wealth which constitutes the
> return from land. All wealth is produced by labor. So rent is a
> product of labor. QED.
>

Flawed. The portion of wealth created by land IS NOT CREATED BY LABOR.
It is an intrinsic value that land ADDS to labor. You are using a very
crude MARXIAN LABOR THEORY OF VALUE. You are not a Georgist you are a
Marxist in disguise. That is why you are trying to destroy George's
theory will saying you are supporting it. Not all wealth is produced by
labor. Some is produced by the natural characteristics of land when
combined with labor and capital. To say ALL wealth is produced ONLY by
labor because you must have labor is as silly as saying ALL wealth is
produced by land because without land you can not produce. This is a
very crude labor theory of value. UNTIL YOU CAN UNDERSTAND SOMETHING
OTHER THAN MARX'S LABOR THEORY OF VALUE YOU WILL NOT UNDERSTAND MODERN
ECONOMICS.

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