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Excerpt from The Single-Tax Failure in Vancouver
All we have to do with here is a system which exempts buildings from taxation and places the civic taxation on the land. This, we are told, is not only an equitable system of taxation, but one peculiarly favorable to the poorer man, and those less able' to carry its common burden.
To what extent will this claim bear investigation? The assessment value of buildings for 1914 is On all these millions no taxes will be paid. To what extent does this exemption benefit the poor and the rich man respectively? An analysis of building permits should provide the answer. From January to October, inclusive, 1913, they were as follows Permits for (1) rooming houses, 179; (2) factories and warehouses, $1, (3) offices and stores, (4) private houses, The first three classes will have to be credited to the well-to-do section of our population. They aggregate $8, Of the expended on private houses, let us assume that two thirds of the total was expended by the wealthier classes. In that case, was expended on dwellings bv the poorer classes and by the well to do. The total exempted from taxation.
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