Actually holding public goods hostage is OK if it's the only way to get other people to do what you want

You're right, technically a land value tax should be not on the total value of the land but rather on the unimproved value, so even improvements made to the land itself would still be exempt from taxation.

I agree with you about that part, the part I'm criticizing you for is your continued belief that 'real' communists are intelligent even though the comments here are filled with their shoddy reasoning and inability to learn from reality

You bring up a valid point, any change that is implemented should have exceptions to avoid screwing ordinary people out of the fruits of their labor that were legitimately invested under the prevailing system. The longer answer is that house itself is an improvement even if you didn't build it and it should not be taxed, and you should be able to pass it on to your children without interference from anyone, but the land underneath it is a different matter. What if the value of the land has increased from $100,000 to $1,000,000 during the time someone owns it, even though they have made no improvements to it? Where does that increase in value come from? It comes from the work of the surrounding community. Is it right for one person to be able to capture a percentage of that? The goal of a land value tax is not to punish anyone, it is only to prevent landowners from either charging rent without adding value or realizing large capital gains, all at the expense of everyone else.

You would not be taxed on any improvements, only on the value of the land underneath it. Building improvements is a good thing and you shouldn't be punished for that. A 100% tax on land value would make ownership of that land essentially worthless, so you would only be taxed the amount that land could produce in rent.

For everyone. Why should one generation enrich itself at the expense of the next while producing nothing? Land speculation is purely extractive.

Diabolical

Wow, how did you steal all of that turtle's luck?

Sieze the carp, feed the carp to the cat, pet the cat

Move fast and break things

If American so smart why Vatnik win war? Czechmate capitalist dog

City, school, congress, great