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Land ownership is the key point. Those who have exclusive rights to "Commons" should compensate those they exclude.

That's where "Community Partnerships" come in.

by ChrisCook (cojockathotmaildotcom) on Fri May 18th, 2007 at 09:41:35 AM EST
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At least in the UK, all freeholds should be the property of the state and ground rent should replace council tax. IMHO

Bush is a symptom, not the disease.
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri May 18th, 2007 at 09:51:59 AM EST
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Exactly (of course freeholds technically belong to "the Crown" already): but for State read municipality.

I would advocate a couple of forms (and its not either/or) of "rental".

One is a "location benefit levy" based upon the amount of land occupied and the location/desirability of it, as measured by land rental value.

This levy would be pooled and redistributed evenly to members of the "Community Partnership" resulting in a net transfer from those who have exclusive use of more, and more "desirable", land to those who have less.

The second is a levy based upon income (or production of land, for farms) eg x% of income goes into a pot, is pooled and redistributed evenly.

by ChrisCook (cojockathotmaildotcom) on Fri May 18th, 2007 at 03:17:55 PM EST
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None of this changes the fact that you still have to pay to play.

And most people will have a hard time affording either.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Sat May 19th, 2007 at 07:21:11 AM EST
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