Veteral Land Value Tax campaigner Fred Harrison flings down the gauntlet to the Libdems in this thought provoking video, featuring contributions from former Liberal MP Michael Meadowcroft. It is a well produced and gives a straightforward and easy to understand presentation of the major pro-LVT arguments, complete with specific illustrations.
The Somerset Levels are flooded, and the Environment Agency is taking flak. But a quick look at way that tax is collected for drainage shows that trouble was inevitable.
ALTER needs to extend its thinking to taxation issues beyond LVT. Taxation is an extensive subject, and we may not have the capacity to develop a comprehensive position by ourselves. Therefore it is worth looking at examples where such work has been done.
By now over 13 million people worldwide have seen the Paxman 'interview' of Russell Brand on Newsnight, which followed his guest editor-ship of New Statesman.
In 1999, when Chief Executive of the Henry George Foundation, I wrote a fairly lengthy 'Q&A' on LVT, as a spin-off from a research project that I had been funded to do: looking at how LVT might be introduced in the UK. This project had involved surveys of 'stakeholders' in property taxation, in which many questions had been raised. Questions Around The Smart Tax was designed to put together all the answers which I had been giving to these stakeholders (and others) and engender discussion. It also included the results of the surveys.
The conference will give ALTER members and supporters an opportunity to discuss the strategy needed to achieve our aim of implementing LVT. Simon Hughes, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader of will join us in the afternoon after 3pm. The provisional Agenda is shown below. There will be a fee of £8 per head for ALTER members and £15 for non-members. Tea and coffee is included in the fee but not lunch. To reserve a place at the conference please e-mail ALTER Treasurer Catherine Hodgkinson (CEHodgkinson@aol.com). Payment should be made (either cash or cheque) at registration. If you would like to book a place at the lunch (estimated cost £12/£15), please contact Catherine.
