This current period reminds me of circa 1987-1988. when Westpac put this advertisement out.

.

Which of course I had to tweak as follows:

.

In 1987, I put up a monthly ‘countdown’ calendar (to the October 1989 property crash) in at 31 Hardware Street, Melbourne. The property crash, in turn, brought on Paul Keating’s 1990/91 “recession we had to have”.

So, maybe I need to create a monthly countdown calendar to the 2026 world property crash?

Debt relief for whom?

No, the taxing of land values is an old idea. We’ve come a long way since then!

Anyway, do you seriously believe that the 0.1% to whom much land rent accrues would put up with it being taxed away for community benefit instead of wages?

So, c’mon, you’ve got to be kidding!

Close, but no cigar?

By Stephen Zarlenga

h/t The School of Cooperative Individualism