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many land owners have little cash income.
[[File:Henry George billboard.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Georgists came to believe wealth redistribution was acceptable under the fallacy that "nobody would be hurt" and "it was not earned by a person anyways".]]
[[File:Henry George billboard.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Georgists came to believe wealth redistribution was acceptable under the fallacy that "nobody would be hurt" and "it was not earned by a person anyways".]]
A '''land value tax''' is a levy on the market value of land, exclusive of any buildings or other improvements. The tax is said to be a progressive tax, as the burden falls mainly upon citizens with higher wealth or income.
A '''land value tax''' is a levy on the market value of land, exclusive of any buildings or other improvements. The tax is said to be a progressive tax, as the burden falls mainly upon citizens with land holdings.
Unlike [[tax]]es on labor, enterprise profits, and produced goods, a tax on land rent or land value has no [[deadweight loss]], as it does not reduce the incentives to produce. Land has a fixed supply, so taxing it does not shrink the amount of land, nor does land flee or hide as does [[income]]. Since land receives much of its value from nearby public works and services, a land value tax returns value received, avoiding the implicit subsidy of rent and land value if these are paid for by taxing labor or enterprise. Under this theory, land beneath glaciers in [[Antartica]] has the same value as Mid-town [[Manhattan]] [[real estate]].
Unlike [[tax]]es on labor, enterprise profits, and produced goods, a tax on land rent or land value has no [[deadweight loss]], as it does not reduce the incentives to produce. Land has a fixed supply, so taxing it does not shrink the amount of land, nor does land flee or hide as does [[income]]. Since land receives much of its value from nearby public works and services, a land value tax returns value received, avoiding the implicit subsidy of rent and land value if these are paid for by taxing labor or enterprise. Under this theory, land beneath glaciers in [[Antartica]] has the same value as Mid-town [[Manhattan]] [[real estate]].