The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) suggests the right of ‘property’ (land) is a universal human right. But the logic of this clause is destroyed when it is revealed the ‘universal right’ extends only
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Scotland and Scotsmen, Henry George’s speech in Glasgow City Hall
Speech: Scotland and Scotsmen Henry George’s speech in Glasgow City Hall started a process culminating in the 1909 People’s Budget. Lloyd George and Winston Churchill passed a measure through the House of Commons to collect a
Continue ReadingSLRG message on revenue heard at Westminster today
Holyrood should look to what the First Minister names “some form of land value based tax” instead of Income Tax for revenue. Ian Kirkwood delivered the SLRG recipe for increasing state revenue at Portcullis House, Westminster, on
Continue ReadingRadical tax reform: the answer to tax evasion, budget deficits and welfare cuts
by Dr Duncan Pickard The governments of almost all countries have budget deficits and increasing national debts. The taxes* they currently collect are unable to meet the increasing costs of health and welfare provision for
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