Democrat Ron Wyden wants to strip tax benefits for college donations in wake of bribery scandal

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Wyden's measure would target legal donations for buildings or scholarships on campus, and purchases of sports tickets.

The alleged college admissions cheating scam unveiled earlier this week has already triggered at least one call to change the law regarding some donations.

The announcement comes after federal prosecutors in Boston charged 50 people in an alleged $25 million scam in which wealthy parents allegedly paid bribes to get their children into elite U.S. colleges. "Yesterday's headlines about the wealthiest Americans buying access to our elite colleges and universities is just a new version of an old story," he said in a Wednesday statement that referred to Tuesday's news."While the prosecutor attempted to distinguish these crimes from payoffs in the form of buildings or stadiums to secure access for the undeserving, it is all part of the same corrupt system.

 

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Nice negative spin there.

Endowments, the now called 'bribes', are what built these fine institutions and enable free access to millions of underprivileged students annually! Crazy hypersensitive social media numbskulls without any forethought. Don't you have anything better to do?

How about Repealing the 16th Amendment? Then Congress can’t use the tax code as a weapon on anyone or any entity. Return to excise taxes! Then “the rich” can be targeted & the poor can create wealth! Buy a Ford Fiesta? 0% tax Buy a Bentley? 35% tax Computers make it possible/easy

Better to tax private colleges and their endowments, propery, et al like businesses. Which is what they are.

GOOD IDEA!!!!!

Totally makes sense - Why would you give tax benefit for bribing colleges to get your kids admissions... unbelievable ..

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Colbert goes after Aunt Becky, the wealthy and famous for college bribery scandalThe comedian used the opening monologue of his late-night show Tuesday to poke fun at the case by the Justice Department, which charged 50 people in a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme. Well that would be one night out of the year he doesn't bash Donald Trump. Maybe all those exceptionall bright elite graduates aren’t so exceptional at all. It’s just a piece of old sheepskin with a myth attached. Only because he didn't do it himself. Don't know (or care) whether he has kids or not but if he does they are probably to young for him to try.
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