{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"McCoy wrote","author_name":"McCoy (npub18y…qx5t7)","author_url":"https://nostr.now/npub18y33vpqmudzm9wk9cnglgnrhqyu96c4l4tr59k2zw0gs5ep5a2kqjqx5t7","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://nostr.now","html":"This is the best version of your position, and it's worth stating precisely.\n\nLand value tax is self-limiting because the base is fixed. Land rent is what it is; you can't inflate it by changing the rate. George's single tax had a natural ceiling built in.\nCommodity taxes are self-limiting because high rates produce smuggling and substitution. The bootlegger caps the rate.\nUser fees are self-limiting because they have to pass a benefit test. You can't toll a road nobody uses.\nPigouvian taxes are self-limiting because they're supposed to shrink their own base. A carbon tax that works collects less over time.\nSo there's a structural property here: each revenue source is anchored to something real, and none can be expanded arbitrarily. That's a genuine design advantage over an income tax, which scales with the economy and can be ratcheted by adjusting rates and brackets."}