Re: more electoral defeats for the feudalists

Bob Kolker wrote:
ruetheday@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:


I followed these "takings initiatives" quite closely during election
week. Not only do I oppose them on principle, but for the very
pragmatic reason that, if passed, they could virtually bankrupt state
governments. Virtually every single environmental regulation, every
zoning law, every property tax increase, etc. could be declared a
taking and thus become compensable. This is sheer idiocy.

Our entire legal structure, from the earliest days of Common Law to the current day is predicated on the Sanctity of Property. Any law or regulation that deprives a party of the use of or control of -his- property is compensatable. The only issue is how much compensation and how fair it is.

This notion that land is common to mankind as a whole is bogus and has no place in English Common Law or any of its latter day derivatives and entailments.

Land belongs to he who possesses it and can defend against adverse claims, by force if necessary. In short Might makes Right once again. Generally governments have the Most Might.

And it is the Government (aka society) which allows you to use and benefit from your property. All Georgists argue that since the landowner is a net beneficiary of Government (aka society) the landowner should shoulder more of the tax burden. Landowners and other rentiers are getting a free ride on the back of productive taxpayers.


All this Georgist crap is just that, crap. It has no historical standing, at least not in English speaking cultures. It is bogus. Few take it seriously. It will NEVER EVER become the social order in the English speaking world.

Why is it crap?
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