Trump vows to revoke Harvard's tax-exempt status: 'It's what they deserve!'

If there are ever free elections again and Democrats win, there must not be a "return to normal" like Biden tried.
Democrats must do everything that Trump did. Republicans must be taught about consequences. Being respectful of the office didn't work. It only emboldened Republicans to be more deplorable.
Republicans can then campaign on the "return to normal" platform. If they want reason, they need to become the honorable party.
- I heard something recently that really resonated. For fascists, the government is just a tool they can use to reach their goal.
  They don't recognize the rights outlined in the Constitution, the duty inmate to holding office, or the importance of the rule of law. It is just a weapon to wield against their enemies and can be discarded when no longer useful.
  
  the frustrating thing is this is well known if you know who to listen to. abolitionists, union organizers, civil rights activists, hippies, punks, hip-hop artists, academics. they all been saying it
- no. absolutely not. democratics bypassing law is not acceptable. a good trump is not what I or many want. That being said democrats need to get rid of things like citizens united and the patriot act and shore up civil rights.
  
  They don't need to bypass laws. If a judge rules against them they can comply.
  
  The unfortunate reality is in our system that is not possible unless democrats can achieve decades of overwhelming wins. We can't get rid of the things you mentioned without a majority in the house, and a 60% majority in the senate considering how often republicans filibuster. Even then, we need to claw back the 3-6 disadvantage in the supreme court for any changes to stick long term.
- And until we have free elections, we have mass protests. Shut down the economy. Shut down the roads. Form unions and have a general strike.

- Everything this man is allowed to do sets a dangerous precedent. Good thing we didn't appear too political by prosecuting him when we had the chance. That would have been awful.
  
  To do so effectively would have meant digging into his financial crimes. You know who also commits egregious financial crimes? Congress critters.
  These ancient corrupt fools need to be replaced at all costs if there is any hope of righting this ship without resorting to violence.
- The bigger battle is the war of the law firms. The big law firms, clearly, handle a lot of government cases. Many of which require security clearance. If you cross the orange man, the White House has full discretion over who has security clearances and who doesn't.
  About a dozen law firms have bent the knee. Orange Hitler is planning to require them to provide pro-bono representation for police, after he grants the police new powers.
  Because that's what we needed in this country, police with less accountability.

Trump deserves a short drop and a sudden stop but we don't always get what we deserve.
- I don't normally promote using windows but in some instances it is the best solution for the job.
  
  Defenestration is the word of the day !
- Much too quick and much too painless.
  
  I don't delight in suffering, I just want him gone asap.
  
  If it's on the table, I'll accept it, even though I too would want more
- hes probably mad because hes too stupid to get into these prestigious league schools
  
  He is rich so that doesn't matter, and he went to Wharton. That's where a professor said he was the dumbest student he's ever had.

When billionaires have tax exemption and actual academia doesn't. America really is a clown country.

Man.. come 2028 I don't want to hear shit from Democratic candidates that doesn't involve an exhaustive list of all the awful shit Trump did and what steps they will take to undo all of it. Sorry chum, you picked a bad time to run so you don't get to have an agenda that isn't 'pulling Trump's dick out of this country's ass because it's fucked enough already.' Cause if you're not willing to undo this shit I really don't care what else you have to say.
(Yeah, bring on the downvotes, I can take the heat.)
- Prepare to be disappointed.
  "Preventing Trump from doing exactly what he's now doing" was somehow not a good enough reason for Americans to vote for the brown lady. Or the white lady, for that matter.
  
  It's the Democratic Party, if you don't go into it already prepared to be disappointed you haven't been paying attention. :P
  And I'm not talking about whether not they win, I'm saying their campaigns should consist solely of 'here's a list of things Trump fucked and that I am going to unfuck.'
  
  Hillary won the popular vote that time it was the electoral system that fucked her. And the fact that she did not understand what she was up against. I think Harris and Biden both had that issue too. The biggest problem in dealing with trump is that there is no way to outthink something that doesn't think. The dems can talk all the strategy, all the policy and reach out to anyone they want, but it doesn't mater because the people on the other side have already made up their minds years ago.
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- Look, I'm going to be honest, if a Progressive or Democrat on the campaign trail says they would use all of the powers granted to trump against all Republicans in a goose and gander situation, they'd have my vote.
  
  “All billionaires will be summarily executed and their assets will be distributed to the citizenry, and the Heritage Foundation will be declared a terrorist organization, and all current and past leaders, funders, employees, and judges endorsed by them will be immediately sent to a prison camp in El Salvador” seems like a winning message.
  And anything the president wants only needs an executive order, it seems, so it should be pretty easy to implement.
  
  I'm not about revenge, I'm about making the world a better place for everyone, even the people who want to make it a worse place.
- Well then I hope I can have your vote, because my platform will be to use the sweeping new executive powers carved out by the current administration to throw every member of said administration along with every employee of ICE ERO into the “unextraditable foreign gulag detention” black hole, and only then work with Congress and the courts to make that impossible again.
  
  Nah I'm not down with that. Prosecute them with proper due process, remove everyone's ability to do what you suggest, and unfuck all the things Trump fucked and you'll have my vote.

They should get rid of tax exemptions for churches too. The first amendment says the state can't mandate a specific religion or prohibit people from having their religion of choice. It doesn't say anything about taxing the billions that churches take in.
- aren't their exemption because it's "non profit"?
  (without a doubt the IRS need to go after megachurches though)
  if a church or any religious establishment is working properly with no profit, then no need for taxes anyways.
  
  In order to maintain tax exempt status, churches may not engage in politics. That means no supporting a political party or political candidates. Most churches are in violation of that rule which makes them taxable just like the Democratic or Republican parties.
  
  You have to understand what profit is.
  If I make a church, collect 1 million from my congregation. Then, I pay myself 1 million for the job of being the pastor.
  My business, the church, is non-profit. It had 1 million in revenue and 1 million in expenses. No profit.
  Now, I would be dumb to pay myself the million as a salary because then that million gets income taxed. I'd "buy" 1 million dollars worth of bibles for Uzbekistan and never fulfill the order or something. Launder it.
  The idea of why the church doesn't get taxed is sound. People pay income tax, church collects taxed income, church spends taxed income to better community.
  They are essentially supposed to be a middle man. If i took my taxed income and donated it directly to buy bibles for Uzbekistan. Then it doesn't make sense for my money to be taxed again. So if i give my money to the church and they give it to Uzbekistan, then why tax it?
  Problem is our tax code has loop holes
  A church was never supposed to buy a private jet. Yet it has become a business expense.
  
  Tax everything above their operating costs.

It shall be unlawful for [the President] to request, directly or indirectly, any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service to conduct or terminate an audit or other investigation of any particular taxpayer with respect to the tax liability of such taxpayer.
[...]
Any person who willfully violates subsection (a) or fails to report under subsection (b) shall be punished upon conviction by a fine in any amount not exceeding $5,000, or imprisonment of not more than 5 years, or both, together with the costs of prosecution.
26 U.S. Code § 7217
- Counterpoint: 'When the president does it, that means it is not illegal' now has the weight of SCOTUS behind it. :/
- And Trump has proven it means fuck all.

I bet the newly reinstated Trump University would get all the tax exemptions they need.

Even after they caved to what the fascists want lol.
For all those smahts they sure are stupid enough to capitulate to fascists.
- Did they cave? I thought Harvard was the one that didn't cave. Columbia and others caved.
  
  They did. They quietly ended programs that helped LGBTQ and minorities and ended DEI required statements for tenure positions.
  They also handed over students school records to DHS.

…wait, why the fuck are they tax exempt exactly?
- because they teach people and the govt thinks that education is important
  
  because they teach people and the govt ~~thinks~~ thought that education is was important
  
  Just not education that talks back.

You could elect a cabinet composed exclusively of orange cats united by a single and solitary shared braincell, and they wouldn't be as idiotic.
They'd be idiotic, for sure. They'd be entertaining as well. But at least they wouldn't be malignantly idiotic.

talk about picking winners and losers. always projection. always.

Now revoke tax exempt status for churches.

All this is is just payback for Trump university.

Donvict is such a WATB. Attacking Harvard. For fucking what?

harvard is a pipeline for wealthy elitists politicians and graduates. wonder if something will shift

Doesn't he think education deserves the tax exempt ? ... Like doesn't he want good education ... ? Like ... idk doesn't he want a smart and thus rich country? Innovative research and new companies? People with good paying jobs hence good paying customers? Idk
- Nah, he's just being a little bitch because they dare to talk back and tell him no on shitty policies he wants them to implement

Haha burn on the “daddy’s money gets me connections” school though.

Broken Clock moment. Private universities like the Ivy Leagues absolutely shouldn't be tax exempt, and also shouldn't be receiving any aid whatsoever from any government, federal, state, or local.
- Not even for strategic research?