No matter how large a tract a family had, over time it would be subdivided to the point of oblivion as the family grew. The incentive would be for small families.
Or perhaps you have a different thought as to how that would work.
The United States currently has 5.4 acres per person, which given an average extended family size of twenty, would mean one hundred acres per family.
Our demographics will soon be trending down, so that number will track up. And, of course, that includes a lot of immigrants, who would have land in their home country, not this one.
Will you have a year of Jubilee that wipes out all debts and returns property?
Of course I would :)
You bring up one part of why I said in the beginning that the issues are so huge, and so interrelated.
No matter how large a tract a family had, over time it would be subdivided to the point of oblivion as the family grew. The incentive would be for small families.
Or perhaps you have a different thought as to how that would work.
The United States currently has 5.4 acres per person, which given an average extended family size of twenty, would mean one hundred acres per family.
Our demographics will soon be trending down, so that number will track up. And, of course, that includes a lot of immigrants, who would have land in their home country, not this one.
as you noted, not all land is created equal. interesting concept, to be sure.