alt Hacker News> we decided to tax labor instead of land
I live in Wyoming. We don't tax labor. Just extraction, consumption (sales), some investments and property. Our property is still expensive.
> If homeowners were faced with the economic reality of their choices then markets would fix land use by themselves
The problem begins and ends with supply restrictions.
More than 70% of the US population lives in a state with state income tax. So I think it's fair to say that "we" tax labor, in general, even if it's not universal.
And regardless, "we" also means the US federal government here, and everyone in the US is subject to US income tax, regardless of which state you live in.