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2015-02-13 Europe

Chianti mayors say new property tax 'strikes soul' of land

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-02-13 02:52|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Shut up and pay the ~~rent~~ taxes or we will find new owners.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-02-13 05:45|| 2015-02-13 05:45|| Front Page Top

#2 First they came for the Chianti, and I said nothing.
Then they came for the Cannelloni, and I was too full to fight.

Posted by ed in texas 2015-02-13 07:37|| 2015-02-13 07:37|| Front Page Top

#3 LOL Ed.

Posted by Shipman 2015-02-13 07:44|| 2015-02-13 07:44|| Front Page Top

#4 Rent seeking writ large. Drive out the small guys to the benefit of the big guy.

This is the MO of all Fascist, Socialist, Communist, Crony Capitalist (corporatist) and hybrid movements in the world. The more regulation the more centralized government control.

Posted by AlanC 2015-02-13 07:49|| 2015-02-13 07:49|| Front Page Top

#5 Roman senators running their latifundias two millennia ago knew how this worked...

Posted by Steve White 2015-02-13 11:40|| 2015-02-13 11:40|| Front Page Top

#6 They'll plant massive sticks & stucco housing tracts when the farmers go belly up. Won't taste as good as the wine but the houses will pay more in taxes. Seen it happen in Kaliphornia. Although the vineyards here are still profitable you don't see many orange or avacado groves anymore.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2015-02-13 11:47|| 2015-02-13 11:47|| Front Page Top

#7 Property taxes on the unimproved value of the land are de-facto capitalist.
Property taxes on the use the land are de facto NOT
capitalist.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2015-02-13 21:20|| 2015-02-13 21:20|| Front Page Top

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