IF you are hard-right, authoritarian and/or Faux Libertarian, you believe
a) that income from 'land' ranks equally with income from 'capital/labour', so you oppose taxes any of these,
b) that all citizens benefit equally from the way that society is organised
So you think the only valid form of taxation is a Poll Tax.
IF you are a socialist and/or anti-capitalist, you want taxes on income/wealth, whether earned or unearned.
IF you are free market liberal, you prefer LVT, which has the advantages of both Poll Tax and Income Tax but without the disadvantages of either.
Remember that LVTers come under fire from both sides:
- the Red Wing of the Home-Owner-Ist movement say that LVT would be a shift away from their favorite tax (Income Tax) and towards Poll Tax; and
- the Blue Wing of the Home-Owner-Ist movement say that LVT would be a shift away from their favorite tax (Poll Tax) and towards Income Tax.
As a matter of fact, we have a fairly socialist tax system (most taxes are directly on income) with a few Poll Taxes thrown in out of spite. But given the Home-Owner-Ists' aversion to LVT, which way do they swing: towards Poll Tax or towards Income Tax. That gives you a clue as to which wing you are dealing with and how inherently contradictory the whole philosophy is.
(Remember that welfare payments and the state pension, are the opposite of a Poll Tax, so if you support a Poll Tax, you must oppose the state pension).
