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Mcjibblies t1_j5qct2m wrote

Reply to comment by go_berds in Temple holds safety town hall after student attacked near campus by redeyeblink

I swear…. So you’re saying the schools ability to employ low wage jobs is more important than them paying the proper amount of taxes and having a strong public school district or direct investment in the neighboring communities?

…. Over 40+ years….?

Please have the ability to understand more of the full picture.

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go_berds t1_j5qe6hz wrote

Lol Temple is pretty much the only form of investment in the neighborhood, it brings an extra police force, better security measures, restaurants and jobs. Not to mention a large hospital network and other benefits such as a dental school that routinely provide free and affordable checkups to community residents

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Mcjibblies t1_j5ti3ll wrote

Look up Temple University 990.

Understand what’s in this document.

When you do, then we can discuss how over and extended period of time, having the largest employer in a few neighborhoods only contribute to the region with lower wage jobs rather than their fair amount of taxes would erode the systems that prop it up.

This is the crux of the matter. Not whatever you’re saying.

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go_berds t1_j5ti8qz wrote

But are low wage jobs somehow worse than no jobs? Because that’s the alternative

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Mcjibblies t1_j5v7lyg wrote

So, the largest employer along broad street, by far, has not paid taxes since at least 1954.

You gotta come correct. Trickle down has been proven time and time again to not work.

UChicago business school has literally screwed the entire country into believing taxes are bad, then raise them high enough in the surrounding areas so that poorer people can’t move into them and enjoy the benefits that higher taxes offer.

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Mikemo05 t1_j5sd1ey wrote

The people who work there pay taxes. They are the only thing propping up that area. Not to mention the countless businesses they keep going. To say temple is bad for that area shows you don’t understand the full picture.

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Mcjibblies t1_j5tibbe wrote

Temple is a nonprofit. You think the people in the region paying 10 to 12% taxes is more than that entity paying whatever the corporate tax rate is now?

…..over 40+ years, no less….?

This isn’t even a difficult math problem.

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Mikemo05 t1_j5tleqt wrote

Bold of you to assume ppl in that area pay taxes.

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Mcjibblies t1_j5v7y0o wrote

Wage taxes, sure. They don’t own the property. They pay rent to someone who refuses to have the property reassessed or upgraded for fear of owning more.

And there’s this gleaming structure, damn near $1Bil endowment, zero contributed to the public schools literally adjacent to its campus.

It’s laughable, really.

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Mikemo05 t1_j5vl98q wrote

They have zero responsibility to help the community. They do more than what’s fair. College is a business.

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