This House Would Replace Income Tax with a Land Value Tax
DraftMotion
Neutral wording · no loaded words foundTopicsEconomics › TaxHousing
Briefing
Readers see both sides side by side, For on the leftTHE CASE FOR
Sources · 3BookProgress and Poverty · Henry George · 1879ReportTax by Design · Institute for Fiscal Studies · 2011Dataset[SOURCE] · national land value estimates
604 wordsTHE CASE AGAINST
Sources · 2Study[SOURCE] · accuracy of land valuationsReport[SOURCE] · effects on recent homebuyersPoint 3 has no source yet
571 wordsLength604 vs 571 · 5% apart(passes)Points3 vs 3(passes)Sourced points3 vs 2(needs attention)Loaded language0 flags(passes)
Round schedule
London time. Clocks go back 26 Oct, so all times are GMT.| Stage | What happens | Opens | Closes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-vote | Everyone signed in records a starting view | Mon 27 Oct, 09:00 | With round 1 |
| Round 1 | Opening arguments | Mon 27 Oct, 09:00 | Wed 29 Oct, 09:00 |
| Round 2 | Rebuttals | Wed 29 Oct, 09:00 | Fri 31 Oct, 09:00 |
| Round 3 | Closing statements | Fri 31 Oct, 09:00 | Mon 3 Nov, 09:00 |
| Voting | Post-vote, then results and round-up | Mon 3 Nov, 09:00 | Fri 7 Nov, 23:59 |
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