[birdofhermes]

They’re Ivy schools; that money was already going to the ruling class and their political causes (e.g., as Supreme Court clerkships, civil service appointments, and etc.). As tax dollars, it will at least serve the useful goal of keeping the state solvent.

[gbacon]

If there were a genuine threat of insolvency, they’d solve it today with budget cuts. What are the distinctions as you see them between the ruling class, their political causes, and the state?

[laidoffamazon]

Harvard is not the state, they're a fundamentally exclusionary institution. We should tax and contain them, not go out of our way to avoid taxing them.

[readthenotes1]

I believe you mean these will goal of keeping graft lucrative for state employees