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Taxes on land value, pollution & IP should replace taxes on work. Split DC into 127 states to achieve a supermajority to make the Constitution fair. #LVT #UBI
Georgist autobiography: I read a few articles promoting a land value tax after seeing a "land value tax would solve this" tweet and now I can't walk past a vacant lot without getting angry.
rw auto biography: yeah i used to be a communist but then i read ayn rand in college and decided to invade iraq
lib autobiography: ive been calling the cops on protestors since i was 9
lw autobiography: my parents own shares in a small defense company umm northrop
lib autobiography: ive been calling the cops on protestors since i was 9
lw autobiography: my parents own shares in a small defense company umm northrop
November 16, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Georgist autobiography: I read a few articles promoting a land value tax after seeing a "land value tax would solve this" tweet and now I can't walk past a vacant lot without getting angry.
Again, there's nothing functionally different about people from an outgroup wanting housing in high demand cities and people from an ingroup wanting housing in high demand cities, so this is just bigotry masked as economic analysis.
FOX NEWS: Do you believe that the number of people who came into the country illegally is one of the major factors that drove up housing prices?
FED GOV STEPHAN MIRAN: I absolutely believe that's the case
FED GOV STEPHAN MIRAN: I absolutely believe that's the case
November 16, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Again, there's nothing functionally different about people from an outgroup wanting housing in high demand cities and people from an ingroup wanting housing in high demand cities, so this is just bigotry masked as economic analysis.
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i think this + the economic paper about work from home basically means that cheap housing + work-life balance -> people being able to have the families they want
November 15, 2025 at 2:06 AM
i think this + the economic paper about work from home basically means that cheap housing + work-life balance -> people being able to have the families they want
The "standard time zealots" every November:
November 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The "standard time zealots" every November:
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i'm going to build woke singapore with cheap housing for all
November 15, 2025 at 2:03 AM
i'm going to build woke singapore with cheap housing for all
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A reminder, a person who claims to be a YIMBY but backs the deportation of people to "solve" the housing crisis is just a NIMBY.
November 15, 2025 at 2:25 AM
A reminder, a person who claims to be a YIMBY but backs the deportation of people to "solve" the housing crisis is just a NIMBY.
"Fewer people" housing policy vs. "more people" housing policy:
November 15, 2025 at 8:36 PM
"Fewer people" housing policy vs. "more people" housing policy:
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Two things pop into mind:
1. If JD wants to replace 30M illegal immigrants with 30M WASP US citizens, how would he solve the housing crisis then?
2. If JD DOESN'T want to do that and just immolate 30M people in order to solve the housing crisis, that makes his reasoning sociopathic.
1. If JD wants to replace 30M illegal immigrants with 30M WASP US citizens, how would he solve the housing crisis then?
2. If JD DOESN'T want to do that and just immolate 30M people in order to solve the housing crisis, that makes his reasoning sociopathic.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 14, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Two things pop into mind:
1. If JD wants to replace 30M illegal immigrants with 30M WASP US citizens, how would he solve the housing crisis then?
2. If JD DOESN'T want to do that and just immolate 30M people in order to solve the housing crisis, that makes his reasoning sociopathic.
1. If JD wants to replace 30M illegal immigrants with 30M WASP US citizens, how would he solve the housing crisis then?
2. If JD DOESN'T want to do that and just immolate 30M people in order to solve the housing crisis, that makes his reasoning sociopathic.
Two things pop into mind:
1. If JD wants to replace 30M illegal immigrants with 30M WASP US citizens, how would he solve the housing crisis then?
2. If JD DOESN'T want to do that and just immolate 30M people in order to solve the housing crisis, that makes his reasoning sociopathic.
1. If JD wants to replace 30M illegal immigrants with 30M WASP US citizens, how would he solve the housing crisis then?
2. If JD DOESN'T want to do that and just immolate 30M people in order to solve the housing crisis, that makes his reasoning sociopathic.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 14, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Two things pop into mind:
1. If JD wants to replace 30M illegal immigrants with 30M WASP US citizens, how would he solve the housing crisis then?
2. If JD DOESN'T want to do that and just immolate 30M people in order to solve the housing crisis, that makes his reasoning sociopathic.
1. If JD wants to replace 30M illegal immigrants with 30M WASP US citizens, how would he solve the housing crisis then?
2. If JD DOESN'T want to do that and just immolate 30M people in order to solve the housing crisis, that makes his reasoning sociopathic.
Guys, you're still trying to have the feds build high speed rail. I told you we can't do it, and we can't do it. Now, what we might be able to do is build it with local mayors. Link a national high speed rail system in the aggregate.
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Guys, you're still trying to have the feds build high speed rail. I told you we can't do it, and we can't do it. Now, what we might be able to do is build it with local mayors. Link a national high speed rail system in the aggregate.
"I don't have any kids in school, so why am I paying property taxes for schools I don't use?"
I'm sorry, did you pay for the schools that you used when you were a kid? No? Then pay up.
I'm sorry, did you pay for the schools that you used when you were a kid? No? Then pay up.
November 13, 2025 at 2:22 AM
"I don't have any kids in school, so why am I paying property taxes for schools I don't use?"
I'm sorry, did you pay for the schools that you used when you were a kid? No? Then pay up.
I'm sorry, did you pay for the schools that you used when you were a kid? No? Then pay up.
Senate Democrats will be like "we're against gerrymandering and the Electoral College because it against the principle of one person, one vote" and then support an institutional rule in the body that is most violative of that principle to make it even worse.
The filibuster has become a fascinating litmus test of the chasm separating D senators from their voters. It's not just a disagreement. Ending the filibuster is now close to an article of faith among D voters; for the Senators it's like abolishing habeas or trial by jury. Unthinkable, unamerican.
November 13, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Senate Democrats will be like "we're against gerrymandering and the Electoral College because it against the principle of one person, one vote" and then support an institutional rule in the body that is most violative of that principle to make it even worse.
The consequences of three-cueing reached the global elite.
QANON CULTIST IN 2017: "In this 1,879 page thread I will unravel the byzantine system of codewords and phrases the global elite use to mask their pedophile cabal."
JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"
JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"
pretty funny in retrospect that QAnon hinged on the idea that powerful elites at the highest levels of government were smart enough to talk in code when sending emails to each other about their despicable crimes
November 13, 2025 at 1:05 AM
The consequences of three-cueing reached the global elite.
Trump presidency: We've won the war on the second derivative.
November 13, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Trump presidency: We've won the war on the second derivative.
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apparently this was mainly due to the city implementing a temporary shift away from property tax on new builds and to a land value tax economics.ucr.edu/papers/paper...
November 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
apparently this was mainly due to the city implementing a temporary shift away from property tax on new builds and to a land value tax economics.ucr.edu/papers/paper...
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So much alpha between 1870’and 1930 I actually have to agree with Andreessen here
November 11, 2025 at 6:46 PM
So much alpha between 1870’and 1930 I actually have to agree with Andreessen here
The problem for property taxes is that a) there's a cap at how high the rate can be before it starts to hurt new construction, b) that cap leads to sales/income taxes being passed, c) those taxes cause deadweight loss, & d) the ill effects of DWL get blamed on PTs. Land value tax would solve this.
it's really funny how Texas and Florida are competing in a race to adopt the most idiotic property tax system known to man
i think it's cool how Republicans are independently converging on neo-feudalism
November 12, 2025 at 3:19 AM
The problem for property taxes is that a) there's a cap at how high the rate can be before it starts to hurt new construction, b) that cap leads to sales/income taxes being passed, c) those taxes cause deadweight loss, & d) the ill effects of DWL get blamed on PTs. Land value tax would solve this.
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it's really funny how Texas and Florida are competing in a race to adopt the most idiotic property tax system known to man
i think it's cool how Republicans are independently converging on neo-feudalism
November 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM
it's really funny how Texas and Florida are competing in a race to adopt the most idiotic property tax system known to man
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More evidence for my thesis that the future of liberalism must be Georgism.
i think it's cool how Republicans are independently converging on neo-feudalism
November 11, 2025 at 11:06 PM
More evidence for my thesis that the future of liberalism must be Georgism.
A perfect B1G game doesn't exi...
November 12, 2025 at 12:26 AM
A perfect B1G game doesn't exi...
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maybe it's... universal material factors? like the massive recession basically every country suffered through 20 years ago? and which no developed country has recovered from?
checking on ross "i would do anything for love but i won't" douthat
November 11, 2025 at 11:35 PM
maybe it's... universal material factors? like the massive recession basically every country suffered through 20 years ago? and which no developed country has recovered from?
Fixed this to include the correct take on the spectrum: Georgist.
November 11, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Fixed this to include the correct take on the spectrum: Georgist.
Really great that the founders were like "sure, the Senate is anti-democratic in that it creates severe malapportionment, but what if it was also anti-democratic in that it shields representatives from immediately being held accountable?"
The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Really great that the founders were like "sure, the Senate is anti-democratic in that it creates severe malapportionment, but what if it was also anti-democratic in that it shields representatives from immediately being held accountable?"
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I didn't expect us to actually get healthcare but I wanted them to either suffer serious poll damage OR break the filibuster.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I didn't expect us to actually get healthcare but I wanted them to either suffer serious poll damage OR break the filibuster.