I would like to see tax on land to be eliminated and that the amount of land a corporation or non-profit organization can own to be very very limited. I see no reason at all for a corporation to own more than 1,000 acres, no matter what the corporation makes, sales or provides the same goes for non-profits like religious organization, aid organization or land trust organizations.
Land tax, hmm now that is one hard cookie to crumble. People that read that will have in their head. Get rid of a tax they do not like. Road tax or income tax. No matter what type of world we create. Some form of taxation is needed, upkeep of services needs to be covered.
On the amount of land I am unsure. 1000 acres sounds to me like 2000 homes with the minimal space between them. That doesn't account for roads. Would that limit a developer. For the project I would like to see happen. I would like to see 2,000 homes or more in each county in Ireland. That is before land used for recreation and leisure.
Maybe a corporation should have to make X % of owned land if above 1,000 acres, open to the public. Parts of the land for a playground or something like. (locations of land would effect how that works though.
Question.
How do we compensate for that lost revenue?
By limiting the amount of land a corporation can own, you increase competition. The Franchise system would have to be changed somewhat, since many corporation use them to expand their reach.
Example, McDonalds, Wendys, Arby, would be pretty limited in their reach, thus allowing for local burger joints a chance to exist. Same with grocery chains limiting them would allow more mom and pop type stores, more competition, less price fixing by the big outlets.
Lost revenue from individual ownership of land would more than be made up for in competition, more individual choice. Also the land a corporation owns should still be taxed.
I have watched the number of choices available for shopping decrease throughout my life, it is time to pull the reins in on just how far a reach corporation have.
Ah, I think in part at least I have that part covered. Increasing the ability for a newcomer to compete in a market. Although they would still need to work at growing themselves too.
If the costs of beginning was reduced somehow. Especially for local shops. This would indeed mean many shops would need to make a Hive account, for it to work on Hive. With the warehouse structure needed to pull this off and cooperation of local growers would be needed for some items. If we could get that done. We have a fighting chance.
In all of this thought. Just think of the part that needs to change and how it is done without confrontation, or as little as possible.