Taxing a professor’s privilege. “If we did implement a wealth tax, should it tax tenure? Professorial tenure is, after all, a valuable asset. … Everyone with civil-service protections or similar employment guarantees should probably have that asset taxed.” The author is doing a “thought experiment” but makes a great point – there’s a lot of assets that never come up when the subject of taxes is raised (pun intended.) Assets like lifetime job guarantees, journOlists’ expense accounts, flights on Air Force One, etc, etc. Coincidentally, these are assets enjoyed mostly by those who want to raise everyone else’s taxes.
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Im in favor of forcing professors back into the private sector for at least three years before they can even be considered for tenure. It will give them a real dose of reality.
how bout just makin' them live on a deserted isle, with only 8 other ppl and guest castaways. And they have to make everything out of bamboo, palm trees, and coconut shells. for 5 years before tenure.
As long as Mary Ann gets top billing :)
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no doubt.
I see the troll is awake.
They have a tag team, when one sleeps, the other TDs.
Just take the tenure away and fire at will..maybe a few of these mental midgets would actually get fired.
And let Professors TEACH, instead of requiring unending publish worthy research. Now grad students are teaching most of the classes.
Or actually have to work for a living.
Professor: Haven´t you ever heard of White Privilege, asshole?!? You obviously never had an education, our White Privilege makes the poor People Of Colors into natural born loosers and victims, what are you going to do about that?
Governor: Easy, we reduce your salary to 50 000 dollar a year and give the extra money to the disadvantaged.
Professor: FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
Great idea, but will never happen. These communist asshats are all part of the 'tax thee, but not for me" crowd. Although it would be fun to watch the hypocrites scream if somebody tried to pass it into law.
YES!!!
We should also be taxing the huge pension payments that go into every public employee retirement. We are making millionaires out of every single government employee. A low level state employee in Kalifornia will have a pension worth $2 million dollars when they retire at 55. We get taxed on our social security (which public employees do not pay into) so the government worker should pay for the 50-100K per year they get in retirement pay.
I agree with you in principle, but social security per se is not taxed. If you have a job AND social security you will be taxed on the extra income.
You can make up to $15,000 without it decreasing your Social Security. I'm not sure what the tax liabilities are though. I plan on taking early SS and continuing to work part time. I need a break. Too bad I still have 7 years until I can do this.
There is a specific amount you can work, even on disability, without it affecting your ss. This year I think it was around $1000 monthly. I would think you qualify for disability now.
No, I don't. I am only getting 20% from the VA, and I don't have the energy to fight with SS. I can tough it out for 7 more years and just get regular SS. In the meantime, my percentage from the VA should be increased some, so it will be all good.
Hey wait a minute now. I had an interview with the state DOT last week. Let's not do anything hasty.
Dept. of Transport...
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It looked something like this...
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maybe, but not enuf. yowza curvy silhouette.
And of course you are transporting a woman!
quiet serf.