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jrv: Posted on Wednesday, May 29, 2013 11:34 AM
ALICE: Legislation for the rest of us
Some years ago, noted journalist and public servant, Walter Rybeckworked with Bill Filante, a
California GOP State Senator to prepare and disseminate model legislation to enact land value taxation. The venue at that time was ALEC, which at the
time prepared legislation with a conservative and free market bent, much in
line with GOP philosophy at the time ( ALEChas changed quite a bit since the 1980s, and the entry has disappeared.)
Now, there’s an active group providing Progressive model legislation. |
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jrv: Posted on Thursday, February 14, 2013 3:34 PM
The expansion of land value tax from its bases in Pennsylvania cities and jurisdictions all over Australia and New Zealand, may have just taken a strong step forward in the state of Oregon, where LVT advocates have been studying the legalities and the practical administrative steps to implementationof the past decade.
The Salem Statesman Journal published a comprehensive policy pieceby Kris Nelson of Common Ground OR/WAand Tom Girhing . The op-ed provides solid theoretical underpinnings and empirical reality to make the case that Oregon cities, and indeed the whole Northwest have to join their Red State brethren and find ways to reduce traditional property taxes on labor and investment as well as pull back on taxation of wages. |
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Joshua Vincent: Posted on Wednesday, September 26, 2012 3:56 PM
Spreading Like Kudzu
Historic reality: in 1950, Cleveland Ohio had a population
of nearly
1,000,000. It had a tax base that
was compact and served all sectors of the city well. Great fortunes were made, along with the success
of the working and middle classes. From the 1900s to the 1950s, great civic
amenitiesbecame possible with this wealth.
John Rockefeller was only the largest source of foundations and gifts that
made Cleveland not only a gritty industrial hub, but a place where one could
become a more educated, cultured and involved citizen. |
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Joshua Vincent: Posted on Friday, April 20, 2012 11:49 AM
Independence? From what exactly?
Recently, an
active and conservative member of the Republican Party in central Pennsylvania
sent UrbanTools a copy of something called the "Property
Tax Independence Act" (PTIA)
with the interesting subtitle of "Liberty Equality and
Prosperity". The legislation – more
accurately a proposal for a constitutional amendment in the state of
Pennsylvania – Is given a seemingly official sobriquet of “House
Bill 1776.”
As yet, this is not an
actual bill however. |
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