Comments on: Tax Foundation commentary calls publicly funded university system an “archaic approach to higher education” http://ilind.net/2009/11/04/tax-foundation-commentary-calls-publicly-funded-university-system-an-archaic-approach-to-higher-education/ Ian Lind • Online daily from Kaaawa, Hawaii Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:21:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: So sad http://ilind.net/2009/11/04/tax-foundation-commentary-calls-publicly-funded-university-system-an-archaic-approach-to-higher-education/comment-page-1/#comment-7916 So sad Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:15:55 +0000 http://ilind.net/?p=3639#comment-7916 Hey, everyone should pay for air too, dammit. Then again, just because someone is recognized as a convenient quote machine does not mean they make any sense. Hey, everyone should pay for air too, dammit.

Then again, just because someone is recognized as a convenient quote machine does not mean they make any sense.

]]> By: stupidity http://ilind.net/2009/11/04/tax-foundation-commentary-calls-publicly-funded-university-system-an-archaic-approach-to-higher-education/comment-page-1/#comment-7914 stupidity Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:56:38 +0000 http://ilind.net/?p=3639#comment-7914 The GM story sounds good until you realize it is flat out false. GM has not "taxed" the customers at higher rates; costs to customers were well-contained and competitive. The problem is the customer base fell away as the US economy increasingly stratified. The intellectual parallel between pricing of goods and taxation is flawed at best. The GM story sounds good until you realize it is flat out false. GM has not “taxed” the customers at higher rates; costs to customers were well-contained and competitive. The problem is the customer base fell away as the US economy increasingly stratified.

The intellectual parallel between pricing of goods and taxation is flawed at best.

]]> By: ohiaforest3400 http://ilind.net/2009/11/04/tax-foundation-commentary-calls-publicly-funded-university-system-an-archaic-approach-to-higher-education/comment-page-1/#comment-7913 ohiaforest3400 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:30:53 +0000 http://ilind.net/?p=3639#comment-7913 May I congratulate myself on the brevity of my comment by saying that Kalapa's rhetoric can be reduced to "we shouldn't have to pay taxes for things we don't support," in which case I have a list of his golden oxes that I would wish to gore: corporate tax subsidies/bailouts, military adventurism, etc. May I congratulate myself on the brevity of my comment by saying that Kalapa’s rhetoric can be reduced to “we shouldn’t have to pay taxes for things we don’t support,” in which case I have a list of his golden oxes that I would wish to gore: corporate tax subsidies/bailouts, military adventurism, etc.

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