tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31670799.post2117222465410572256..comments2023-11-02T09:44:15.693-04:00Comments on The Center for College Affordability and Productivity: The Tax Status of University Contributions and EndowmentsCenter for College Affordability and Productivityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18041956958538598371noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31670799.post-24047936277500548712007-05-15T21:25:00.000-04:002007-05-15T21:25:00.000-04:00I'd rather have my taxes spent on a professor who ...I'd rather have my taxes spent on a professor who teaches the effect of taxes on economic growth than a Ward Churchill who teaches conspiracy theories on my dime.<BR/><BR/>If you think the government knows: how to invest in research better than the private sector, spend your money more effectively than you, and decide what is best for you, you have the opportunity to vote for tax and spend democrats - and by the way, the republicans did a damn poor job on fiscal responsility in the last congress.<BR/><BR/>I don't see anything wrong with "our gracious host" making such a comment. It's no worse than an employee of a company criticizing that company if they believe the company is poorly managed.<BR/><BR/>Receiving money from the fed's does not preclude one from annunciating their opinion on a blog that is not under governance by a college, university, or the feds.<BR/><BR/>There is enough waste, pork-barrel spending, inefficiency, and outright embezzlement - as demonstrated with the student loan scandle, in our government to fund gargantuan programs without raising taxes one cent. Personally, I hate paying taxes.<BR/><BR/>When you say "ARPENET", I suspect you are referring to ARPANET developed by ARPA of the United States Department of Defense. And I agree with you that this program, started in the latter half of the 60's has created a new industry - but I disagree that it single handedly has fueled economic growth in the US. In fact, in the context of the internet, it turned into bubble that eventually popped.RWWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16345147132602206121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31670799.post-58761713287819952412007-05-14T20:25:00.000-04:002007-05-14T20:25:00.000-04:00Our gracious host teaches at a public university a...Our gracious host teaches at a public university and yet he writes: <BR/><BR/>I don't like taxes, and think they are inimical to growth.<BR/><BR/>Wow!<BR/><BR/>I wonder if he thinks our military should be holding bake sales to finance the war in Iraq. <BR/><BR/>I wonder if he thinks it would be better to give his local police and fire department a credit card before they come to his house. <BR/><BR/>This means of communication was made possible because of taxes. Of course, the government investment in ARPENET created an entirely new industrial sector. It was this entirely new sector that fueled the growth of the US economy in the 1990s.Bob Yateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15316829283811073591noreply@blogger.com