Comments on: College Town Mayor Pushes $300 Student Tax http://studentactivism.net/2009/05/05/college-town-mayor-pushes-300-student-tax/ Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:25:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: John http://studentactivism.net/2009/05/05/college-town-mayor-pushes-300-student-tax/#comment-2208 Tue, 05 May 2009 17:37:11 +0000 http://studentactivism.net/?p=2126#comment-2208 I’m sure the endowments the schools have would alleviate the need for a tuition increase. You’re quite right about that.

As for the property taxes, just ask any Providence resident about the school’s “creep” into surrounding neighborhoods resulting in yet another property off the tax roll.

For the record I am with you on the need to renegotiate, but the schools have to come to the table. Perhaps a grandfathering is in order. Current tax-exempt property stays, but any furture purchase that would remove a viable property from the tax rolls, be taxed.

]]> By: Angus Johnston http://studentactivism.net/2009/05/05/college-town-mayor-pushes-300-student-tax/#comment-2207 Tue, 05 May 2009 17:20:27 +0000 http://studentactivism.net/?p=2126#comment-2207 If the city wants to renegotiate the universities tax-exempt status, or squeeze them for more money, it’s free to do so. But a flat tax on students, with no means testing, is completely regressive.

And if you think that tuition is the universities’ only source of income, or that tuition hikes are their only way of closing a budget gap of their own, you’re wrong.

]]> By: John http://studentactivism.net/2009/05/05/college-town-mayor-pushes-300-student-tax/#comment-2206 Tue, 05 May 2009 17:08:05 +0000 http://studentactivism.net/?p=2126#comment-2206 Hmmm. The alternative is to do away with the school tax exempt status on the millions of dollars of property they have gobbled up. Of course, the school would probably just raise the tuition rate for all by, um, maybe $300/yr.

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