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Old 02-02-2007, 02:58 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Trevor View Post
That's not what I mean. I mean wealth from the commons would be enjoyed by the common man. In other words, land is fundamentally a commons (no one has more of a right to a given chunk than anyone else) and thus the wealth affixing itself should be shared by those who create it. Now, you and I don't create land wealth (economic rent) in, say, Japan, but we do create land wealth in our local regions - a wealth we have a right to.
So would you apply that rule to farm ground, used for agricultural purposes? Because if you would, you're talking pure communisms - and that has been repeatedly proven NOT to work.