Comments by "John Burns" (@johnburns4017) on "Why Africa is so Poor (Hint: It isn’t Colonialism)" video.

  1. Botswana had the British run the country fro them. That was the difference.
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  2. Singapore adopted a level of land taxation, as did Hong Kong and Taiwan. Land values are created by the economic activity of the surrounding community. All taxing land does is reclaim that commonly created wealth to pay for common services, while leaving privately earned money in private hands. Africa needs to adopt land taxation ASAP.
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  3.  @malcolm-danielfreeman5940  Moving from taxing land to other taxes was regression.
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