Land value taxation is inherently progressive. That's probably why it's never been implemented.
DaSaw
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"Income tax on their properties whether they're rented or not" is just a long way of saying "land value taxation".
Also, the "divine monarchist" point is a weird one. When asked about it, Jesus asserted that his kingdom is "not of this world". And when the Israelite demanded of them relief from the anarchy of the period of the Judges in the form of "a king like the nations have", the response was "don't you already have an even better one?" Which is what John Locke cited when writing against monarchy as practiced at the time.
When James spoke of helping the poor, he said, "is is not enough to say 'be warm and well fed', you must actually give him food and clothing". He might also have said, "it is not enough to say, 'be healed!', you must also pay his medical bill".
Maye that's a round number in their non-decimal numbering system?
I don't think it's any more reasonable to expect honey bees to be restricted to their "native lands" any more than cows, or wheat. But flowers will feed whatever happens along, and wildflowers will feed what tends to live in that area.
If people really want to save the bees, they need to replace lawns with fields of wildflowers.
Re: Username: I'm not sure I want to see your planet's fjords.
I think properly funded schools with properly paid special needs instructors would leave far fewer students behind than allowing homeschooling.
True, but what if that's not the choice being prevented? What if the choice is between not between individually sought resources and state provided resources, but between individually sought resources and none at all? Should we really deny people without access to decent school systems the right to pursue other options?
I believe good public schooling is better than home schooling. But the solution isn't to ban homeschooling. It's to make the public schooling better. In many places, public schooling is very very bad, and it isn't going to get any better any time soon.
And I don't think we should be so quick to deny people their rights just because they believe things that are different from what we believe.
The founders had it right. You should have to own at least 500k of real estate to vote. :p
Generally speaking, the purge has to happen after victory.
Empty housing is empty land. It just has a house on it. And there are times and places where landowners will spend decades sitting on infill waiting for land values to go up. Additionally, land that could be developed into high density housing but is being held at low density at the behest of the area's politically connected residents, is kind of like "empty" land. It isn't a binary.