As you are no doubt aware, President Trump is going after some (not all) Ivy League schools (one of which he personally attended, it should be noted) for their overtly discriminatory behavior of recent years.
Do these schools deserve the punishment he is meting out?
Before answering, you might want to read Betsy McCaughey’s article at hotair.com. Here is how it begins:
The Ivy League Hoodlums Are Getting What They Deserve
You and I have to pay more taxes so elite universities that willfully break the law discriminating against Jews, whites and Asians can get tax exemptions. It’s a slap in the face.
Yet Harvard alum Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is trying to turn the tables, accusing the Trump administration of “weaponizing” the IRS to strip Harvard of its 501c3 tax exempt status.
Truth is, Harvard should lose its tax-exempt status because it’s guilty of illegally allowing the civil rights of Jewish students to be trashed. The case against Harvard is a slam dunk.
Numerous other universities where Jewish students are persecuted, including Ivies like Columbia and Yale, should lose their exemptions too.
This isn’t about making left-wing academia more balanced. Section 501c3 of the Internal Revenue Code bars colleges and other organizations that enjoy tax-exempt status from engaging in “propaganda” or favoring political candidates, but the IRS has always turned a blind eye to campus leftism.
We may have to live with the reality that most universities are bastions of left-wing indoctrination. No one wants the IRS to bludgeon universities into conforming to the president’s ideal of intellectual diversity. Under a future president, the hammer could swing the other way.
But calling on the IRS to stop subsidizing racial and religious discrimination is a moral imperative. It’s also the agency’s legal duty, according to Supreme Court precedent.
Ms. McCaughey goes on to cite a number of other schools, including non-Ivies, for the same behavior.
Are here concerns justified? Are here points valid? Are the proposed punishments fair? That’s for you to decide.
Please read the entire article, then make up your mind.
