They let in a small number of charity cases only because if they didn't, they would have already lost their tax exemption. What are we going to do about it, you

They let in a small number of charity cases only because if they didn't, they would have already lost their tax exemption. What are we going to do about it, you ask? Recognize that these institutions primarily exit for their own benefit, for the benefit of a tiny economic elite, and not for the benefit of the greater public good (as they claim), and start taxing them accordingly. If I and everyone else here has to pay capital gains taxes, Columbia should have to "pay its fair share" as well. As for eminent domain, it should never be used for private gain. If Columbia wants more property in Manhattan (an island with some of the most expensive property on the planet), they should have to pay whatever the market demands, not call upon the government to steal it from tax-paying businesses. And the "jobs and money" argument always gets trotted out to defend eminent domain abuse and is bogus; this expansion will benefit Midwestern children of privilege who want to study in New York far more than it will the people who live in Harlem and have lived in Harlem for generations.