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minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-212 hours agoPersonally I think the landlords would just increase the rent while saying their interests are literally the only ones that need protection from the state because they generate all the revenue but can’t blame them for trying.
minus-squareThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·7 hours agoGenerally speaking landlords charge as much in rent as the market will bear. If they could get away with charging more they would already be doing so.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 hours agoRight, and when tenants aren’t paying taxes?
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 hours agoCounterintuitively, a LVT wouldn’t distort prices because the supply of land is fixed.
Personally I think the landlords would just increase the rent while saying their interests are literally the only ones that need protection from the state because they generate all the revenue but can’t blame them for trying.
Generally speaking landlords charge as much in rent as the market will bear. If they could get away with charging more they would already be doing so.
Right, and when tenants aren’t paying taxes?
Counterintuitively, a LVT wouldn’t distort prices because the supply of land is fixed.