Out of control government.
“Out of control government.”
Yes, but academia has gotten a free ride for a long time without paying taxes. Further, some universities grow their endowments on the basis of financial practices that are ‘at best’ treading the line between legal and illegal, and some of their actions are prosecutable. It’s very serious, and very real. Take that into account, and then ask yourself why institutions that have endowments of more than 25-30 billion dollars, and that have employees making high six and even seven figure salaries, should be exempt from taxes as ‘non for profits’, while the rest of us pay them?