Workers' and Peasants' Party (Liechtenstein)

The Workers' and Peasants' Party (German: Partei der Unselbständig Erwerbenden und Kleinbauern)[1] was an agrarian political party in Liechtenstein. It contested the February 1953 elections, but received just 198 votes and failed to win a seat.[2][3] The party did not contest the June 1953 elections,[2] and has not contested any since.[1]

Workers' and Peasants' Party
IdeologyAgrarianism
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Election results
Election Votes % Seats +/– Position Government
February 1953 198 6.8
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gollark: What?
gollark: The argument for land value tax is that it's apparently more economically efficient in some way than income taxes, and inasmuch as nobody actually produces land/natural resources value derived from them should go to everyone.
gollark: Case-by-case-basis handling is pretty problematic. In markets, you have the convenient answer of "whoever pays more".
gollark: Oh, and land value tax is a neat idea.
gollark: I think market systems are waaay better than some weird communist one at resource allocation (with intervention), so I'd prefer markets + limited central governance.

References
  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1170 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1179
  3. "The Parties: Political landscape after 1945". Prince and People: Liechtenstein Civics (in German). School Office of the Principality of Liechtenstein. 2007. Retrieved 13 February 2014.


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