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Would you be in favor of taxing colleges?

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Indyfella
indianapolis, Indiana USA
Posted: May 10, 2008, 8:54 AM CST
cristina wrote:
The problem is that when you declare you activity as NON- profitable, you get exemptions in taxes. So, are those private colleges aiming non-profit goals? No, for them it seems like education is becoming a layer of the corporation, sort of speak.

The public schools, with governmental support have different standing point. They might not be better simply because the concept of education has changed to become related to business...
On a regular basis, here people simply decide not to go further because they have other options, not because they are not reach enough...
If you restrict the access to education only for rich people...i wonderful how your human rights is enacted; it's simply a high pre-requisit, it's a prima facie denying personal-development, denying your abilities...



You hit the proverbial nail on the head my dear! applause
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cristina
Lisbon, Groningen Netherlands
Posted: May 10, 2008, 9:07 AM CST
Indyfella wrote:
You hit the proverbial nail on the head my dear!


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ooby_dooby
Ashland, Virginia USA
Posted: May 10, 2008, 11:48 AM CST
Instead of taxing colleges I'd like to see the tax code changed to include churches and other faith based institutions. At least colleges educate the people. Religeous organizations have been getting a free ride long enough. It's time they paid their fair share of the tax burden. All they do is take anyway.
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shipoker55
St. Petersburg, Florida USA
Posted: May 10, 2008, 1:05 PM CST
ooby_dooby wrote:
Instead of taxing colleges I'd like to see the tax code changed to include churches and other faith based institutions. At least colleges educate the people. Religeous organizations have been getting a free ride long enough. It's time they paid their fair share of the tax burden. All they do is take anyway.



aha....was just getting ready to post the same thoughts. Of course you say it better than I could. Thanks for the input, now the right wingers will hate you instead of mewave
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ooby_dooby
Ashland, Virginia USA
Posted: May 10, 2008, 1:35 PM CST
shipoker55 wrote:
aha....was just getting ready to post the same thoughts. Of course you say it better than I could. Thanks for the input, now the right wingers will hate you instead of me


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Indyfella
indianapolis, Indiana USA
Posted: May 10, 2008, 2:19 PM CST
ooby_dooby wrote:
Instead of taxing colleges I'd like to see the tax code changed to include churches and other faith based institutions. At least colleges educate the people. Religeous organizations have been getting a free ride long enough. It's time they paid their fair share of the tax burden. All they do is take anyway.


I wouldn't be opposed to churches being taxed, as long as they could take deductions the same as a business. Some of these large churches that branch into medical fields, counselling, etc are no more than a business. They just avoid corporate taxes but yet make "windfall profits".

I would love to see colleges taxed; especially when they're sitting on 35 billion dollar trust funds. That seems like a windfall profit to me; especially when that money earns them interest and little if any goes toward reducing college costs. If so, college costs wouldn't raise twice the rate of inflation.

It's debateable as to whether they really teach anything other than political agendas.
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