What's striking about Henry George proposals is how relevant they are in the 21st Century #LVT
. Policy proposals Tax on land and natural resource monopoly Free trade - opposed to tariffs, which were at the time both the major method of protectionist trade policy and an important source of federal revenue Supported the use of government issued paper currency such as the greenback. He opposed the use of metallic currency (such as gold or silver) and money issued by private commercial banks Citizen's dividend - proposed to create a pension and disability system, and that excess public revenues from land rents could be distributed to residents "as a right" instead of as charity to end or restrict the use of intellectual property to have government own and manage all right-of-way and "natural" monopolies, such as utility companies and mass transportation, to replace contract patronage with the direct employment of government workers, with civil-service protections, to implement campaign finance reform and political spending restrictions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_George#Policy_proposals
