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I’m sure there’s plenty of unintended consequences that could arise (and I’m sure other commenters will point those out), but as a Harvard alum I am frankly in
by tomr_stargazer 3y ago
I’m sure there’s plenty of unintended consequences that could arise (and I’m sure other commenters will point those out), but as a Harvard alum I am frankly in favor of this in principle. Though I’d also like to see other tax streams set up to support higher education, rather than making it a zero-sum game.
- fortran77 3y ago[flagged]
- rekttrader 3y ago“They” tell you.
- stanleykm 3y agohow else would you know?
- zaptrem 3y agoIt's fair for them to announce here as otherwise "I for one am cool with taxing [my] institution" is interpreted as "I for one am cool with taxing [that]"
- brvsft 3y ago[flagged]
- zaptrem 3y agoIt's like if a Yankees fan admits their team's payroll spend should be limited vs a Red Sox fan calling for that.
- brvsft 3y agoYou’re implying that everyone who doesn’t go to Harvard thinks of Harvard on the same level as a sports team RIVALRY, which is of course absurd. It’s more like someone whose allegiance to a team is unknown, saying he’s okay with NYC charging sales tax at Yankees games.
- neilv 3y agoThanks, sports team fandom is a good example of institutional loyalty. In this particular case, the analogy is also a little funny, since it could be used or interpreted as a put-down. Consider "town vs. gown" dynamics, and some movie caricature of Harvard blue blood person, implying that a local (Boston) townie would need a Red Sox analogy, to understand loyalty to the college a person attended.
- zaptrem 3y agoLol definitely unintentional. Originally I was going to go with “employee of corporation” but that wasn’t quite right.
- adastra22 3y agoThis is one instance where it was entirely called for though.
- oh_sigh 3y ago[flagged]