Trump Threatens to Tax Harvard as a Political Entity

[red viking]

Wow. This guy gets more ridiculous and illegal by the day. Another attempt to bully somebody into submission with a threat of an illegal action.. 

[ionel]

2 hours ago, red viking said:

Wow. This guy gets more ridiculous and illegal by the day. Another attempt to bully somebody into submission with a threat of an illegal action.. 

reference? 

[Caveira]

Why is Harvard tax exempt?

Trump threatens Harvard's tax-exempt status after freezing $2bn funding

"Perhaps Harvard should lose its Tax Exempt Status and be Taxed as a Political Entity if it keeps pushing political, ideological, and terrorist inspired/supporting "Sickness?" he wrote on Truth Social. "Remember, Tax Exempt Status is totally contingent on acting in the PUBLIC INTEREST!"

 

[red viking]

11 hours ago, Caveira said:

Why is Harvard tax exempt?

Trump threatens Harvard's tax-exempt status after freezing $2bn funding

"Perhaps Harvard should lose its Tax Exempt Status and be Taxed as a Political Entity if it keeps pushing political, ideological, and terrorist inspired/supporting "Sickness?" he wrote on Truth Social. "Remember, Tax Exempt Status is totally contingent on acting in the PUBLIC INTEREST!"

 

You want to tax them? OK, but then let's tax all private schools and also ALL churches,  and pro sports leagues. I'd be good wit Dat. 

Edited Wednesday at 11:28 AM by red viking

[Caveira]

1 hour ago, red viking said:

You want to tax them? OK, but then let's tax all private schools and also ALL churches,  and pro sports leagues. I'd be good wit Dat. 

Tax all the ones that want to be political and shape what gov looks like.   Maybe they should stick to education.   Churches 100%.   Religion should be taxed.  

[red viking]

1 minute ago, Caveira said:

Tax all the ones that want to be political and shape what gov looks like.   Maybe they should stick to education.   Churches 100%.   Religion should be taxed.  

Harvard is not a "political institution." Simply because most of the people there lean left. They aren't exactly in the middle? Wow, now that isn't a slippery slope, is it? 

[Caveira]

8 minutes ago, red viking said:

Harvard is not a "political institution." Simply because most of the people there lean left. They aren't exactly in the middle? Wow, now that isn't a slippery slope, is it? 

In the middle?

An infamous 2023 survey of the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences by The Harvard Crimson found that 77% of Harvard faculty identified as “liberal” or “very liberal,”followed by 20% as “moderate,” and fewer than 3% as “conservative” or “very conservative.”

[red viking]

2 minutes ago, Caveira said:

In the middle?

An infamous 2023 survey of the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences by The Harvard Crimson found that 77% of Harvard faculty identified as “liberal” or “very liberal,”followed by 20% as “moderate,” and fewer than 3% as “conservative” or “very conservative.”

So if the "vast majority" of the faculty in one part of the college vote a certain way then federal funding should be withheld? 

[Caveira]

1 minute ago, red viking said:

So if the "vast majority" of the faculty in one part of the college vote a certain way then federal funding should be withheld? 

"Perhaps Harvard should lose its Tax Exempt Status and be Taxed as a Political Entity if it keeps pushing political, ideological, and terrorist inspired/supporting "Sickness?" he wrote on Truth Social. "Remember, Tax Exempt Status is totally contingent on acting in the PUBLIC INTEREST!"

a little to much support for the terrorists in Palestine…. May get you on the naughty list?

[red viking]

13 minutes ago, Caveira said:

"Perhaps Harvard should lose its Tax Exempt Status and be Taxed as a Political Entity if it keeps pushing political, ideological, and terrorist inspired/supporting "Sickness?" he wrote on Truth Social. "Remember, Tax Exempt Status is totally contingent on acting in the PUBLIC INTEREST!"

a little to much support for the terrorists in Palestine…. May get you on the naughty list?

Like allowing students to protest? WTF are you talking about? 

[JimmySpeaks]

Protesting is fine.  Taking over buildings, damaging property and verbally abusing other students is NOT. 

[red viking]

5 minutes ago, JimmySpeaks said:

Protesting is fine.  Taking over buildings, damaging property and verbally abusing other students is NOT. 

The school supported or endorsed those actions? 

[JimmySpeaks]

2 minutes ago, red viking said:

The school supported or endorsed those actions? 

The school did what about it? 

[red viking]

Just now, JimmySpeaks said:

The school did what about it? 

If they knew who did it, I'm sure there were disciplinary actions taken. 

[JimmySpeaks]

6 minutes ago, red viking said:

If they knew who did it, I'm sure there were disciplinary actions taken. 

You’re sure??????  

[red viking]

8 minutes ago, JimmySpeaks said:

You’re sure??????  

Yah, if somebody vandalized property, made significant threats, etc. 

[JimmySpeaks]

17 minutes ago, red viking said:

Yah, if somebody vandalized property, made significant threats, etc. 

so what happened to the students that took over the building ???

[wrestlingguy]

1 hour ago, Caveira said:

Tax all the ones that want to be political and shape what gov looks like.   Maybe they should stick to education.   Churches 100%.   Religion should be taxed.  

I am not sure how I feel about taxing not for profit entities, but I don't know what the solution is. I know my church doesn't have a $2B endowment.

[Bigbrog]

16 minutes ago, wrestlingguy said:

I am not sure how I feel about taxing not for profit entities, but I don't know what the solution is. I know my church doesn't have a $2B endowment.

This is exactly how I feel

[red viking]

1 hour ago, JimmySpeaks said:

so what happened to the students that took over the building ???

why don't you tell me who the specific students were that actually damaged the building or "took it over" and what does a "takeover" entail? 

[red viking]

1 hour ago, wrestlingguy said:

I am not sure how I feel about taxing not for profit entities, but I don't know what the solution is. I know my church doesn't have a $2B endowment.

You ever been to the southern party of the country? Some extremely wealthy churches down there. Much more than in the north. 

[wrestlingguy]

4 minutes ago, red viking said:

You ever been to the southern party of the country? Some extremely wealthy churches down there. Much more than in the north. 

Yes. Part of my territory is Dallas so I have seen the crazy mega churches. There are for sure "for profit churches" too.

[Paul158]

1 hour ago, wrestlingguy said:

I am not sure how I feel about taxing not for profit entities, but I don't know what the solution is. I know my church doesn't have a $2B endowment.

Their Endowment fund is 51.98 BILLION dollars. I think their federal funding is 2 billion dollars.

[wrestlingguy]

14 minutes ago, Paul158 said:

Their Endowment fund is 51.98 BILLION dollars. I think their federal funding is 2 billion dollars.

You are correct. I misread that. My church has neither.

[Paul158]

14 minutes ago, wrestlingguy said:

You are correct. I misread that. My church has neither.

I would say the large Mega churches are less than  .5 percent of all churches. The smaller churches generally do a lot of good in their local communities.