tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128264.post1215759218334920398..comments2024-03-25T12:55:40.911+00:00Comments on Caron's Musings: Greens’ Land Value Tax will hit pensioners, single parents and students hard #sp11Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04988201531739344840noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128264.post-5063683146658096962011-05-29T00:48:01.259+01:002011-05-29T00:48:01.259+01:00"They are talking about some properties attra..."They are talking about some properties attracting 5 times the level of Council Tax in Land Value Taxation"<br /> It's a LAND value tax, not a property tax. If we have two properties occupying the same amount of land in Marchmont, one a single dwelling, the other a block of flats they are each liable for the same amount of tax, regardless of how many occupiers each has.<br />Check out http://www.landvaluetax.orgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128264.post-90249555289119131662011-04-20T15:56:33.435+01:002011-04-20T15:56:33.435+01:00Unless a student owns land, they won't be payi...Unless a student owns land, they won't be paying the tax.<br /><br />Renting is related to supply and demand, not taxes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128264.post-55996140157391287072011-04-19T19:39:07.824+01:002011-04-19T19:39:07.824+01:00Why didn't Tavish and Jack (lose track of lead...Why didn't Tavish and Jack (lose track of leaders) not tell the people that they let it lapse under their watch before the SNP gained power? That's dishonest no matter what spin one puts on it.cynicalHighlanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06034325908473006163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128264.post-7743737442751675392011-04-19T19:17:19.450+01:002011-04-19T19:17:19.450+01:00Paul, I'm not going to support any raising in ...Paul, I'm not going to support any raising in taxes for those on low incomes who really are suffering enough at the moment. I know some Lib Dems like it, but in this form, it hits students, pensioners and single parents. No thanks. <br /><br />CH, no getting away from the fact that John Swinney, much as I love him, mucked up big time on this one. He should have told Parliament what was going on.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04988201531739344840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128264.post-75446886738029151312011-04-19T19:06:31.347+01:002011-04-19T19:06:31.347+01:00"How are they going to do that when we aren’t..."How are they going to do that when we aren’t going to have the tax raising powers for most of this coming Parliament"<br /><br />Check the manifesto. It is clearly stated that this part starts in 2013.<br /><br />As for the rest, see my blog post at http://www.setindarkness.org/2011/04/19/greens-land-value-tax-and-students/<br /><br />please don't dismiss LVT out of hand because there is an election on. I know a lot of LibDems are in favour of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128264.post-63465293803927881802011-04-19T18:47:23.050+01:002011-04-19T18:47:23.050+01:00thanks to John Swinney letting the power lapse wi...<i>thanks to John Swinney letting the power lapse without telling us?</i><br /><br />Gawd your as bad as Labour peddling this lie which your party in cahoots with Labour let it lapse but truth and both of your houses are opposites.cynicalHighlanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06034325908473006163noreply@blogger.com