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City of Fairhope, Alabama Fairhope Single Tax Colony

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Description: "Fairhope Single Tax Corporation invites you to see Fairhope, Built on Sound Economic Principles. Land and site values are created by a community of people. Therefore, it is only just and right that these community-created values should be collected by the community as a site value rent, or tax, for governmental purposes. Since 1894, when followers of Henry George, the great Single Tax Advocate, founded the community of Fairhope with the 'Single Tax Colony', this method of collecting 'Site Value Rent' was proven both possible and profitable to the citizens of Fairhope who are leaseholders of Fairhope Single Tax Corporation land"--From back cover.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1974.
Call number: 491990:021
Creator: Dunnam, Steven W(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Robert Hine through several gifts, 1990-2004.
Dimensions: 56 x 34 cm folded to 28 x 12 cm
Associated people: Arnold, C. W.,; Hine, Robert V.,
Associated organization: Fairhope Title & Survey Co.,
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"The basic principle of the Single Tax is that all men are equally entitled to the use of the earth, and the Single Tax as proposed by Henry George, is the method of securing that right by placing a "single tax" on the land values created by the community. If the land has no value, there are no taxes. The Fairhope, Alabama Single Tax Colony pioneers, few in number and feeble in purse, were imbued with the idea that the most potent educational force they could use in demonstrating the Single Tax theory would be to present an example, set a precedent. This they have been doing for four score years!"--Page 32.
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