Sunday, 7 November 2010

A minimum quantity of land held by everyone would prevent economic serfdom and problems with onerous rents

Without land we cannot live, but if land is a natural right, this presents the practical problem of how to ensure everyone has land when it can be freely sold. If we can sell our land and then claim more, since it is our natural right it will be possible to live continually without having to pay for anything. If we are given land by Society, we can deduce that those who have made the land available do not want it to be sold, as this would no longer solve the problem of poverty for which the land was given. If people are prevented from selling their land, below a certain threshold, this ensures that donations of land are not wasted. The same outcome is achieved if the Government keeps aside a fund to make sure the money is not wasted, which enables the land to be sold and the individual is able to move to a different plot. If we are not able to have less than a particular level of wealth, land, to ensure that we can survive, guaranteed by the Government then the problem of economic serfdom and oppressive rents will disappear.

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