The World Is Vast, Beautiful,

Assuming That A Tax Increase Is Necessary, It Is Clearly Preferable To Impose The Additional Cost On Land By Increasing The Land Tax, Rather Than To Increase The Wage Tax - The Two Alternatives Open To The City (of Pittsburgh). It Is The Use And Occupancy Of Property That Creates The Need For The Municipal Services That Appear As The Largest Item In The Budget - Fire And Police Protection, Waste Removal, And Public Works. The Average Increase In Tax Bills Of City Residents Will Be About Twice As Great With Wage Tax Increase Than With A Land Tax Increase.

Many Individuals And Organization Units Contribute To Every Large Decision, And The Very Problem Of Centralization And Decentralization Is A Problem Of Arranging The Complex System Into An Effective Scheme.

The World Is Vast, Beautiful, And Fascinating, Even Awe-inspiring - But Impersonal. It Demands Nothing Of Me, And Allows Me To Demand Nothing Of It.

Human Beings Know A Lot Of Things, Some Of Which Are True, And Apply Them. When We Like The Results, We Call It Wisdom.

No One Has Characterized Market Mechanisms Better Than Friedrich Von Hayek