"When the ‘sacredness of property’ is talked about it should always be remembered that any such sacredness does not belong in the same degree to landed property. No man made the land. It is the general inheritance of the whole species." ~John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy, 1848
"They [landlords] grow richer, as it were in their sleep, without working, risking, or economizing." ~John Stuart Mill, 1848
"Wherever, in any country, there are idle lands and unemployed poor, it is clear that the laws of property have been so far extended as to violate natural right." ~Thomas Jefferson, 1785
"Both ground rents and the ordinary rent of land are a species of revenue which the owner, in many cases, enjoys without any care or attention of his own…. Ground-rents and the ordinary rent of land are, therefore, perhaps, the species of revenue which can best bear to have a peculiar tax imposed upon them." ~Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, 1776
"Men did not make the earth… It is the value of the improvement only, and not the earth itself, that is individual property… Every proprietor owes to the community a ground rent for the land which he holds." ~Thomas Paine, 'Agrarian Justice' 1797
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henrygeorgeuk
"When all land rents are privatised the level of wages is driven down to the least people are willing to accept" HG political economy
joycecaroloates
One man's domestic terrorism is another man's just-plain-old-political bullying.
"There's no base of operations better than a fucking saloon." ~Al Swearengen
"They [landlords] grow richer, as it were in their sleep, without working, risking, or economizing." ~John Stuart Mill, 1848
"Wherever, in any country, there are idle lands and unemployed poor, it is clear that the laws of property have been so far extended as to violate natural right." ~Thomas Jefferson, 1785
"Both ground rents and the ordinary rent of land are a species of revenue which the owner, in many cases, enjoys without any care or attention of his own…. Ground-rents and the ordinary rent of land are, therefore, perhaps, the species of revenue which can best bear to have a peculiar tax imposed upon them." ~Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, 1776
"Men did not make the earth… It is the value of the improvement only, and not the earth itself, that is individual property… Every proprietor owes to the community a ground rent for the land which he holds." ~Thomas Paine, 'Agrarian Justice' 1797
henrygeorgeuk "When all land rents are privatised the level of wages is driven down to the least people are willing to accept" HG political economy
joycecaroloates One man's domestic terrorism is another man's just-plain-old-political bullying.
"There's no base of operations better than a fucking saloon." ~Al Swearengen