the Soham murders

Today's top BBC story is about the Soham murders. Ian Huntley had a history of unhealthy interest in young girls, then he got a job as a school caretaker and the rest is history. Why wasn't he stopped? Because all the evidence against him (before he killed the girls) was just hearsay and unproven allegations.

If hearsay and unproven rumors were allowed as reasons to stop people working with children, innocent people might not be able to get another job. That is why we have rules against using hearsay as evidence.

However, in a land rent system, there are far more jobs. It is easy for any employer to employ someone who is just marginally profitable, because there are not taxes to pay. Since it is easy to get a job, it doesn't matter much is someone is wrongly banned from working with children, they can work somewhere else. The government agencies could have passed on hearsay, with the understanding that it was just that - hearsay - and not enough to stop someone working in some other industry.

Keeping pedophiles away from children - another benefit of land rent.