Gabu

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[–] Gabu@lemmy.ml 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

It seems to me that if a house exists, someone owns it, unless you consider government possession NOT ownership.

Even if you argue for the ownership of a house, the land it sits on is ultimately owned by the state, so I don't think that's a very productive topic...

So if the government possesses the house, they should provide it as housing for free to someone, right?

Not necessarily for free (although, as I stated, that would be ideal), but certainly not for profit.

And a person CAN buy the house, but if that person is not going to live in it, he should provide it to a person to live in either rent free OR at a price that is not more than the taxes and costs so that it is essentially provided non-profit. Correct?

That would be incentivised, yes.

[–] Gabu@lemmy.ml 0 points 11 months ago (4 children)

That's the ideal solution, but not the only solution.

So there should be no land ownership

There already isn't, in absolute terms. A government can reposses any piece of land within its territory (maybe with the exception of embassies) at its own discretion.

Another simple solution is that the taxation on any land should be proportional to its market value deduced from a "usefulness" score, i.e. tilled land used for farming is very useful, therefore shouldn't have increased taxes. Empty houses aren't useful at all, therefore high taxes are justified. This is a developed application of Land Value Taxation.

[–] Gabu@lemmy.ml 7 points 11 months ago (6 children)

I'm saying "owning" land shouldn't be a viable way to acquire profit. It's a really basic statement, and it's not a new idea either.

[–] Gabu@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

Show me proof of your god's existence.

[–] Gabu@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The hypocrisy is in claiming to know the truth from a hypothesis with (currently) unknowable factors.

Can we possibly test for the simulation hypothesis? Not at the present. Thus, to say that it's true is just as bad as claiming a sky fairy made the world in seven days

[–] Gabu@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

"I know you're a leprechaun because I believe that. You must be a leprechaun."

[–] Gabu@lemmy.ml 7 points 11 months ago

Any basic book on banking. When I say basic, I mean the sort you'd read to get an entry level job at one.

[–] Gabu@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago (11 children)

You're really not very bright...

[–] Gabu@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago (10 children)

We get it, you're a leech.

[–] Gabu@lemmy.ml 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The obvious solution is to dismantle capitalism and destroy anyone that gets in the way.

[–] Gabu@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

Can you read what you just wrote?

[–] Gabu@lemmy.ml 6 points 11 months ago (6 children)

You should read about how banks work. Most of their "assets" don't actually exist, they're counting borrowed money as still being theirs.

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