But the post I responded to implied that if you weren't in the most-profitable economic sector, you'd be taxed as if you were, causing excessive loss, leading to people switching businesses to be in that one Golden Sector regardless of what the economy needs and can support.

Besides:

> Empty lots, parking lots, and other unimproved land would pay more tax.

Believe it or not, we need ranches and farms. Taxing them out of existence would be bad.