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torvald • yesterday at 10:50 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

If you tax it, you get less of it.


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perilunar • yesterday at 12:50 PM

Yes, but 'use' rather than 'get'. If you tax land or other natural resources, people use less so there is more for everyone else. It doesn't pay to hoard or speculate.