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Robert Kraft Says He’s Pulling Funding for Columbia Amid Pro-Palestine Protests
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It should be prohibited for schools, hospitals and politics to depend on investors
Well, it’s not an investor, just a donor. Almost all universities and colleges are non-profits, so they do not have investors.
I dont really care what they are called. They donate not as charity but to get something in return. It can be promotion, goodwill, influence, access to top picks etc. That is IMO investing
Sure, I get what you mean. But how do you stop that in any non-profit? It could be a local community organization that buys books for kids, then some rich guy donates a shit ton of specific books. You can't stop people from donating, yknow?
(edit: for the record, I was the upvote on that last comment, not the downvote. not trying to make this a fight)
Actually, you can tell people “no thank you”… to go with your example, if the books donated were Mein Kampf or something like that.
I am not arguing against donations. My point is them being depended on them. Some places it is free to go to university, college etc. medical care. Other places it costs a fee. There is no reason for them to become dependent on donations especially politicians
Also who cares about up/down votes!?
Not saying I care about the votes. Just saying I don’t downvote people in a discussion (unless they are engaging in bad faith/trolling), since I noticed someone had downvoted your comment almost immediately.
That being said, even in some countries with excellent health care standards, organizations depend on outside donations. I imagine a similar thing happens in education but I can’t say for sure, since it isn’t my field.
Although, just for the sake of playing devil’s advocate, any system dependent on govt funding could be corrupted by the govt’s agenda, just like a donor could shape a nonprofit.
I agree, that they are, but argue that they shouldn't
That's more a tax-dodge gambit than a reflection of their business policies.