Adverse Quote by William Vickrey

Rather than setting property taxes on the value of land and improvements, I'd advocate a plan to set rates based on land values across…

— Mark Noble

Assuming that a tax increase is necessary, it is clearly preferable to impose the additional cost on land by increasing the land tax, rather…

— Herbert Simon

“Progressive taxes are inherently flawed in that they fund public services which are often location-dependent, thus adding to the value of owned land. Thus,…

— Martin Adams

The thing generally raised on city land is taxes.

— Charles Dudley Warner

“Tax systems are essentially the mechanisms by which societies decide what people have to share with each other versus what they can keep for…

— Martin Adams

“Property taxes - particularly those which tax only or primarily the land and not the improvements - are the closest approximations we have today…

— Martin Adams

A Land Valuation Tax is a levy on the value of the land unimproved by buildings or other enhancement. The method is already used…

— Barry Gardiner

“How can we share the gifts of nature? By sharing the monetary value that human beings assign to nature. The fundamental thing we need…

— Martin Adams

The tax upon land values is the most just and equal of all taxes. It falls only upon those who receive from society a…

— Henry George

Abolish all taxation save that upon land values.

— Henry George

One would expect that private property taken by eminent domain would become land available for public use such as parks and roads. Unfortunately, this…

— Jim Ryun

Our ideal society finds it essential to put a rent on land as a way of maximizing the total consumption available to the society.…

— Paul Samuelson