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The rich will just come up with clever ways to get paid that avoids paying tax.
Land value taxes are immune to tax evasion. It's assessed by the state instead of declared by the taxpayer.
People here use farm land to pay less tax, ie for inheritance.
How would you tax a software company that has remote work and runs on someone else's servers?
The land they need could probably be a small single office room and a letter box.
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I wouldn't. If they're only consuming labor and no natural resources, then just a union is sufficient.