SESH.sxDOLLY Thursday Sesh w/ NAP (Isla) / dj_2button / LVT @ The Cobalt - 26 Mar feat. NAP (MX), dj_2button, LVT
Michael McKee#Claude is absolutely roasting me for my enthusiasm about #LVT . First time in awhile an #LLM has made me laugh. I'm so used to Chat-GPT 's obsequious-ness that Claude being like "uh, no... you are super wrong, sorry" is kinda surprising. Definitely feels like it has a personality.
On the subject itself, LVT seems tough to push for because it creates a wealthy constituency with a very strong incentive to kill it (ie PGH). Maybe 21st century automated assessment makes it easier?
Gemma Seymour' You'll find buildings like this all over the place. A building like this could get filled if the goal was higher occupancy rates, but that's not the primary goal.
The system isn't collapsing, it's financializing, and that changes how the market behaves; it can make it seem nonsensical from the perspective of the renter because none of the goals are really for the renter. '
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9L12HUuI40
#urbanism #housing #rentseeking #PoliticalEconomy #LandValueTax #LVT #Economics #monopoly
Why Half Empty Apartments Are Still So Expensive
Recent conversations I've had regarding #PublicBanking, #ModernMonetaryTheory #MMT, and #LandValueTaxation #LVT in #Vermont #VT have again shown how little knowledge and understanding there is among the electorate of not only these particular concepts, but of how economies actually function.
People approach these subjects with deep skepticism, because they run counterintuitive to received "wisdom".
I often feel like Galileo attempting to prove the fact that the Earth revolves around the Sun.
Gemma βοΈπ°πΊπΈ π΅π πRE: https://mastodon.social/@mstarace/116189305249740123
Why would a family of four only get $12K? Why not $12K/yr/person? If we account for 360 million Americans * $12K/year, then we need to add an additional $4.32 Trillion USD to the current $6.8T budget each year to pay Universal Basic Income for everyone.
All we have to do is increase the money supply by that much, and tax land values to balance the inflation.
"Wealth tax" won't work, especially not one designed to result in a one-time payment. #Economics matters, Bernie. #UBI #LVT #USpol
If only someone could have foreseen 140 yrs ago, looking at our great coastal cities like SF and NYC, this correlation between high land prices caused by economic progress and burgeoning of #poverty.
He could have written a book called #ProgressAndPoverty. His name could have been #HenryGeorge.
#urbanism #LVT #LandValueTaxSolvesThis #WeMustMakeLandCommonProperty #LandValueTax #SingleTax #Georgism #housing #homelessness #USpol
Understanding the Homelessness Crisis (with data, of course)
GoalimpactBarça are clear favorites in La Liga as 16:15 UTC+1 kicks off; Levante push for a surprise, with a possible draw.
FC Barcelona 70.4%
Draw 20.2%
UD Levante 9.4%
BaltimoreThrive has a series of arguments for #LVT based on the pros & cons that were heard during the hearing: https://landvaluetaxshift4maryland.substack.com/p/why-maryland-counties-deserve-property
A #Hyattsville L&T article is relevant... there are two artist/business owners trying to improve the area, but land speculation makes it harder
"property owners in the area arenβt motivated to fill vacancies ... The duo hopes local legislators can work to penalize... owners from continuing to leave their properties empty. "
https://streetcarsuburbs.news/sohy-design-district-initiative-looks-to-transform-rt-1-corridor/
Rislandr πͺπΊ π°Looks like #baltimore #maryland will be experiencing population growth in the next few years, mostly from renters. Together with the fall in murders, this is pretty good news. If the Land Value Tax bill passes there's a chance that the Mayor might use it, since one of the motives discussed by #BaltPOP and others is to incentivize apartments/shops to fill vacant lots in busy and healthy parts of the city. Bmore could follow the trajectory of Pittsburgh.
