Mar 16, 2023 | Groundswell
Common Ground’s president Rich Nymoen and other pro-LVT residents of Minnesota testified before the state house in favor of bill 1432 on 3/15/23. The key section comes midway through the day’s testimony at minute 51:25-1:15:50 (see link below). 00:45...
Mar 16, 2023 | Groundswell
Have you been to an event or meeting that began with a statement acknowledging that participants are occupying indigenous land? These so-called land acknowledgments have become increasingly common nationwide, but they’re still polarizing within the...
Mar 15, 2023 | Articles, Groundswell
Land value tax legislation will recieve a hearings in California and Minnesota. Check out the tweets below. The California Land Value Tax Study Bill #AB362 from @alex_lee has a hearing date with the Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee on Monday, March 27th!...
Mar 13, 2023 | Groundswell
The Mephistopheles of Today- Honest Labor’s Temptation, by Puck A brief analysis of some common errors By JOSEPH ADDINGTON AND RYAN GEDDIE This publication has devoted significant space to explicating the ideas of Georgism as they apply to the modern world. However,...
Mar 11, 2023 | Groundswell
The nation’s homebuilders have consistently innovated in an effort to provide high quality product at a price people can afford. Factory produced, framed housing is a type of housing experiencing an expanding market. What homebuilders cannot manufacture is land....
Mar 10, 2023 | Groundswell, Video
The Wall Street Journal recently issued an article and a video about Detroit’s new proposal to implement a split-rate land value tax, which would tax the value of land separate from the value of any structures on it. The tax would incentivize property owners to...
