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Events
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- Land Value Taxation Presentation
Henry George School of Social Science
Saturday, September 26 at 10:30am - Time for a Carbon Tax
MAREA meeting @ TEK park
Tuesday, June 30 at 7:00pm - Land Value Taxation for Progre...
Henry George School of Social Science
Friday, May 15 at 12:00pm - Tax Reform in Philadelphia
Coral Street Arts House
Thursday, March 5 at 6:00pm - Workshop on land value taxatio...
The Henry George School and Birthpl...
Saturday, February 14 at 10:00am - RootsCamp Philly 2009
Plymouth Meeting, PA
Saturday, January 31 at 8:00am - Philadelphia Land Value Tax W...
The Henry George School and Birthpl...
Saturday, January 24 at 10:30am - LVT Introduction with Holmesbu...
Philadelphia
Tuesday, January 13 at 6:30pm
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- 5-6-2009 Testimony on Land Value Taxation 10:04am May 6
- All Taxes are Not Created Equal 8:25pm Mar 19
- All Taxes are Not Created Equal 8:25pm Mar 19
The Common Wealth Campaign
The Center for the Study of Economics is hosting a presentation on Land Value Tax at the Henry George School, 413 S. 10th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147 on September 26, 2009 from 10:00 am - 11:00 am. By implementing a progressive form of land value taxation, a self-generated fiscal solution could be the answer to our... city's budget concerns. To register or for additional information contact Barbara at 215-923-7800 ext.3 or visit us on the web http://www.urbantools.org/events/lvt-and
Because Philadelphia Deserves Some Fiscal Sanity
Time:10:30AM Saturday, September 26th
Location:Henry George School of Social Science
The Common Wealth Campaign
Eron Lloyd, of the Henry George Foundation of America, will be giving a talk on carbon taxes and climate change at the Mid-Atlantic Renewable Energy Association (MAREA) monthly meeting. Come learn the difference between the various market-based proposals such as "cap and trade," "tax shift," and "tax/cap and dividend,"... and why the right approach can solve the environmental challenge while protecting against economic inefficiency and social inequity.Read More
Tax pollution, not production.
Time:7:00PM Tuesday, June 30th
Location:MAREA meeting @ TEK park
During today's FY2010 budget presentation by Mayor Nutter, he again reinforced his opposition in raising the wage tax as a way to collect the additional revenue...
Today we attended the first PhillyStat meeting in preparation for the Mayor's budget forums next month...
Today I took a visit down to Grays Ferry to drop off the flyer with a member of the Rainbow Coalition for our community meeting next week...
Charles Mensh
Joshua,
Thank you so much for coming to speak to us at the H.G. school in NYC. I know you were afraid you'd bore us with all the numbers, but that's actually what I was hoping to see. It's the numbers that really tell the truth.
The Common Wealth Campaign
After all the efforts we've each been involved in over the past six months, it looks like Philadelphia's solution to a historic budget deficit is to request legislative authority to tap additional revenue from a declining tax base paid out largely by the poor--the sales tax. It is a budget based on assumptions and unce...rtainly, on whether or not Harrisburg and PICA will approve the plan, on whether or not commerce activity will stabilize, and on whether or not people that can avoid the tax by shopping elsewhere will while those that are stuck will be able to spend at all. While this would not have been as regressive as a wage tax increase (which has no exemptions for the poor), we still are left with another temporary solution I imagine none of us had hoped for. Where do we go from here?
Our public finance system is broken, and will continue to force the city to make bad decisions such as casinos and sales taxes in an effort to find revenue. Of the alternative proposals that gained the most traction throughout this last process, the land value tax is building interest within City Hall as a long-term solution for tax reform. We originally demonstrated how LVT could reduce the impact of the property tax increase for almost 80% of homes. With the new budget agreement, we've already shown how the estimated $81 sales tax average increase for a family living off of $25,000 could be counteracted by an $89 average decrease in property tax for low-income households by also adopting LVT this year.
It appears that this might not be possible, but we will continue to push for this last chance to remove an unbalanced burden on the backs of the poor. This Friday we are inviting our friends in the progressive community to get an detailed introduction to the land value tax and our current situation with the budget process. We hope to build a network of progressive Philadelphians who seek to eliminate the long-standing poverty and establish lasting economic justice for our city. We hope you will join us to learn about LVT, the rich history of this progressive movement, and its potential to empower the labor, housing, and anti-poverty movements. Read More
Our public finance system is broken, and will continue to force the city to make bad decisions such as casinos and sales taxes in an effort to find revenue. Of the alternative proposals that gained the most traction throughout this last process, the land value tax is building interest within City Hall as a long-term solution for tax reform. We originally demonstrated how LVT could reduce the impact of the property tax increase for almost 80% of homes. With the new budget agreement, we've already shown how the estimated $81 sales tax average increase for a family living off of $25,000 could be counteracted by an $89 average decrease in property tax for low-income households by also adopting LVT this year.
It appears that this might not be possible, but we will continue to push for this last chance to remove an unbalanced burden on the backs of the poor. This Friday we are inviting our friends in the progressive community to get an detailed introduction to the land value tax and our current situation with the budget process. We hope to build a network of progressive Philadelphians who seek to eliminate the long-standing poverty and establish lasting economic justice for our city. We hope you will join us to learn about LVT, the rich history of this progressive movement, and its potential to empower the labor, housing, and anti-poverty movements. Read More
Time:12:00PM Friday, May 15th
Location:Henry George School of Social Science
The Common Wealth Campaign is gaining traction in City Hall
George Crewe
When are you having another session for using land value tax internationally?
I am interested.
During today's FY2010 budget presentation by Mayor Nutter, he again reinforced his opposition in raising the wage tax as a way to collect the additional revenue...
Kurt Elmelund The absence of a tax on land values implies a subsidy to landowners, while taxing the land value removes the subsidy and prevents a subsidy intervention. There is no market failure in removing a subsidy.Today at 3:11am · See Wall-to-Wall
The Common Wealth Campaign The NKCDC Neighborhood Advisory Committee (NAC) is hosting a discussion with the Board of Revision of Taxes (BRT), Brett Mandel of Philadelphia Forward and Joshua Vincent of the Henry George Foundation of America (HGFA). The HGFA has proposed switching our current property tax system to Land Value Taxation. Come and learn how these changes may affect your property taxes!
Find out what real tax reform means for Philadelphia
Time:6:00PM Thursday, March 5th
Location:Coral Street Arts House
Why do bad actors in a city get rewarded? Why do good citizens get exploited? Perverse incentives are the reason. LVT can flip that script.Can Philadelphia find a path to fiscal sanity? Here a hint how that can happen...
