Ivy League schools pleading with Congress for tax break in reconciliation bill

[Weatherman2020]

‘The lobbying effort came as the Ivy League university's endowment increased by $11.3 billion in the 2020-2021 fiscal year, an increase of 33% from the previous year. Similarly, Stanford's investments increased by 40.1% in the same fiscal year.

Despite the massive increase in their endowments, the universities have continued to push for the repeal of the 1.4% tax, which was enacted in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act signed by then-President Donald Trump.’


Maybe they should some of those billions to reduce tuition fees and forgiveness of student loans? And eliminate paying 6 figures for a Director of Lesbian Diversity and their staff?

Ivy League schools pleading with Congress for tax break in reconciliation bill - Washington Examiner

Several private universities boasting multibillion-dollar endowments have engaged in substantial lobbying efforts to convince Democrats in Congress to repeal a 1.4% excise tax on private college endowments. The leaders of several of the nation's most prestigious private universities, including...

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[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

‘The lobbying effort came as the Ivy League university's endowment increased by $11.3 billion in the 2020-2021 fiscal year, an increase of 33% from the previous year. Similarly, Stanford's investments increased by 40.1% in the same fiscal year.

Despite the massive increase in their endowments, the universities have continued to push for the repeal of the 1.4% tax, which was enacted in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act signed by then-President Donald Trump.’


Maybe they should some of those billions to reduce tuition fees and forgiveness of student loans? And eliminate paying 6 figures for a Director of Lesbian Diversity and their staff?

Ivy League schools pleading with Congress for tax break in reconciliation bill - Washington Examiner

Several private universities boasting multibillion-dollar endowments have engaged in substantial lobbying efforts to convince Democrats in Congress to repeal a 1.4% excise tax on private college endowments. The leaders of several of the nation's most prestigious private universities, including...

www.washingtonexaminer.com

You do realize that is 8 schools out of the hundreds of universities nationwide?

 

[Weatherman2020]

You do realize that is 8 schools out of the hundreds of universities nationwide?

Do you bother to read the headline or do you just start babbling?

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Do you bother to read the headline or do you just start babbling?

I did. there are 8 schools in the Ivy League, an incredibly small number that most people ignore. Don't like it? Don't go there!

 

[Weatherman2020]

I did. there are 8 schools in the Ivy League, an incredibly small number that most people ignore. Don't like it? Don't go there!

Name 3 universities that don’t obtain government funding.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Name 3 universities that don’t obtain government funding.

Irrelevant.

 

[Weatherman2020]

Irrelevant.

Irrelevant? Hilarious.
Topic is about the wealthiest universities being taxed. All should have all funding cut and be taxed for all income like every other business.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Irrelevant? Hilarious.
Topic is about the wealthiest universities being taxed. All should have all funding cut and be taxed for all income like every other business.

They are all private schools.

 

[Weatherman2020]

They are all private schools.

Who receive huge government checks.

150,000 students go to Ivy League schools. You’re just again showing everyone what an idiot you are spinning the OP.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Who receive huge government checks.

150,000 students go to Ivy League schools. You’re just again showing everyone what an idiot you are spinning the OP.

I never said they didn't. dickhead!

Pick 8 schools out of the SEC or SEC and see how their enrollment compares.

These schools should not be getting a tax break but you are using irrelevant data to support your conclusion.

 

[Mac-7]

You do realize that is 8 schools out of the hundreds of universities nationwide?

There are more fat cat universities than just the Ivy League and Stanford

In fact the list of dirt poor universities on the verge of bankruptcy would be far shorter