Harnessing Monopoly to Finance Government

The Total Resource Rents of Australia report finds the complete removal of income, company and sales tax is possible by replacement with a tax on monopolies such as water trading, cyber squatting, taxi licenses and land.

“Economists have for hundreds of years pointed to a more efficient system by harnessing the naturally rising value of scarce resources as the tax base. Few reports have calculated if this is actually possible” said report author Karl Fitzgerald.

- Press Release: http://www.prosper.org.au/2013/12/03/harnessing-monopoly-to-finance-gove...

- Full Report: http://www.prosper.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/TRRA_2013_final.pdf