Talk:Single tax

I am an Economic history scholar. There has never been any time or place in history where "single tax" meant anything other than georgism. This article should redirect there. If your want to make an article about the *concept* of having only one tax, make a new article about "Impot Unique" and begin with the physiocrats, who by the way were mostly proto-georgists, although they blurred the line between land and improvements a bit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:1C0:4403:6FB0:D068:2A91:1B45:9B8D (talk) 00:16, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Problematic premise of this article

The premise of this article rests on original research, or possibly based on a one sentence long dictionary reference I just discovered. Use a dictionary to make phrases of speech like "a single tax on _________" clear; don't use Wikipedia. This page adds nothing beyond what is offered by a dictionary except confusion. 100% of the time that "single tax" is used as a standalone noun without further explanation, it refers exclusively to Georgism. I therefore question if this article offers any value and if its disutility exceeds whatever that may be.Whomyl (talk) 13:45, 14 December 2014 (UTC)

You may try this search out on your own in google and google scholar:

"single tax" -"henry george" -land -Filing -office -"single tax rate" -"Single Tax Corp" -"single tax entity" -"single tax year" -"single tax return" -"single tax increase" -"single tax colony" -"single tax league"

The results are all about georgism or land, or they are phrases of speech. I found one that was "______ as a single tax", which is about as close as anything gets to making this article relevant... in that case, just use a dictionary.Whomyl (talk) 13:45, 14 December 2014 (UTC)

I am an Economic history scholar. There has never been any time or place in history where "single tax" meant anything other than georgism. This article should redirect there. If your want to make an article about the *concept* of having only one tax, make a new article about "Impot Unique" and begin with the physiocrats, who by the way were mostly proto-georgists, although they blurred the line between land and improvements a bit. 2601:1C0:4403:6FB0:D068:2A91:1B45:9B8D (talk) 00:17, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Compare Britannica entry. wiki page infected by libertarian pov

https://www.britannica.com/topic/single-tax

Libertarian and pov have tried to hijack idea and history.

The single tax refers to Henry George idea. He was obviously influenced by physiocrats, but a lot Of the other stuff here is politics projected into pasty and therefore violation of NPOV ethos.

99.203.16.171 (talk) 12:51, 7 July 2018 (UTC)

This article not well cited and confusing

The "single tax" as a term is derived from Henry George, Progress and Poverty and used by his followers.

It's a matter of history.

See for example,

The Single Tax: An Explanation, with Colored Charts and Illustrative Notes, of the Land, Labor, and Fiscal Reform Advocated by Henry George Louis Freeland Post F. Vierth, 1899

The "single tax" as an idea is a different thing. It has all kinds of similar antecedents (influences upon which George relied) and all kinds of post-George adoptions and co-options. But This article is about the term and its history not about the idea.

So get rid of the politicking and posturing and get back to the historic and encylopedic presentation and exposition. 73.212.105.191 (talk) 11:10, 8 July 2018 (UTC)

Should be linking to Louis Post

https://www.nytimes.com/1928/01/11/archives/lf-post-friend-of-single-tax-dies-was-assistant-secretary-of-labor.html

73.212.105.191 (talk) 11:14, 8 July 2018 (UTC)