Re: Patently false assumption in his Georgist system of true belief

On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 14:44:40 -0400, Nospam <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

w_b_ryan@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

On Jun 17, 2:57 am, r...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

"No, it is a perfectly correct and well known definition
that clarifies and informs."
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Nope, it's a patently false assumption in your Georgist
system of true belief.

As everything, this it is not a pure white & black situation.

Actually, it is.

Japan and Holland did extend their land in the past but within boundaries of
their national waters. If you look near Dubai, new land is created right
now, but within boundaries of their national waters.

That is an equivocation. "Land" in the economic sense is not "the
solid surface of the earth above water," but "natural resources."

However, for a country like Congo or Hungary without national waters,
surrounded by other countries the Georgist assertion it is true.
If Georgists redefine the term "land" to describe an area on the Earth
surface, then their claim it is true.

Georgists do not redefine "land." It was defined thus by the
classical economists. Lyin' Ryan is just lyin' again.

-- Roy L
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