Land Value Tax

Foreword from Notes to Nowhere

We live in a uniquely perverse time – and solutions to its uniquely- perverse problems will not be found in extra-ordinary solutions such as austerity. Remedies may be found in simply returning to normal. Moreover, living by ordinary ethics within ordinary laws of physics may reclaim the happiness that comes from living within ordinary human nature. By Patrick Noble.

Submission to Consultation on Heads of Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill

Small countries without significant vested interests dominating their relationship with others, such as Ireland, have a particular opportunity to contribute positively to the search for a resolution to climate change at an international/global level. In this submission, made on April 30 2013, we therefore urge the Irish government to follow up its recent UNEP study with further consideration of proposals and to explore all possibilities including those proposed in Sharing for Survival. We also urge the government to make use of scenario-based analyses when forming climate change policy.

It isn’t too late…a plea to make a decision in favour of Site Value Tax

by Konrad. The Irish government has covered discussion of the proposed property tax in a blanket of silence.  We fear the worst.  The developers, speculators and banks are set for another bail-out by the ordinary citizen.  But it is not too late yet if we wake up and demand a Site Value Tax instead of a property tax that will exempt the 1%.