tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10546227.post5701430504863476650..comments2024-01-16T10:02:08.779-05:00Comments on Alpha Guy: Tax the Bastards!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10546227.post-49014312994772363342008-05-14T13:55:00.000-04:002008-05-14T13:55:00.000-04:00Heh.I use the TinyURL so that my links don't merge...Heh.<BR/><BR/>I use the TinyURL so that my links don't merge into my nav bar on the right, like yours did.<BR/><BR/>;)<BR/><BR/>Ok, I see the for and against. But given that Harvard has amassed this endowment (up to $42B at the start of 2008 from some things I read), the commonwealth is hurting for revenue to fill a budget shortfall, Dems are coming in strong, and the fact that they could STILL spend more without hurting the endowment, it all lost on me.<BR/><BR/>I also get the comments about how little Harvard gives back to the community but how it benefits (no taxes on property, beneficiary of infrastructure improvements, etc.). <BR/><BR/>Hell, that tax could be considered an investment in Harvard's ability to continue attracting talent, money and students.<BR/><BR/>As for moving, yeah, with all that Harvard benefits from local government, the accumulated investment in physical plant, and nostalgia, I don't see THAT happening.<BR/><BR/>Hell, just paying out 4% of the endowment every year, in some form - and better to use it as I described above, reducing tuitions even more and increasing investment in community schools, adopting 1 or 2 - would reap political dividends. That's a choice they can make now, before being forced.<BR/><BR/>My money is on government for the win.Khyronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08040617292426246605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10546227.post-25482804282080235832008-05-14T00:27:00.000-04:002008-05-14T00:27:00.000-04:00Really no need to tinyurl a hrefs! John Grapper h...Really no need to tinyurl a hrefs! John Grapper has some thoughts and actually, I found many of the comments to be very insightful.<BR/><BR/>http://blogs.ft.com/gapperblog/2008/05/slapping-a-tax-on-harvards-35bn-hoard/#more-324Greg Haohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01805996565667458046noreply@blogger.com