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...base is small. But at the same time, it’s hard to see why Harvard should be obliged to pay what it doesn’t owe. The tax laws of the U.S. government and each of the 50 states give tax-exempt status to many non-profits. They do so because we consider charitable, educational, scientific or religious institutions to serve a valid purpose and to contribute to society in a way that for-profit corporations do not. Under this view, soup kitchens should use whatever money they have to buy more soup, not to pay taxes...
...already finding the post-Taliban regime more cumbersome to deal with: they need to negotiate with several different commanders to get anything done. "They are like small businesses," says Linda van Weyenburg of M?decins Sans Fronti?res. "Everything becomes more complicated and, of course, they all have to turn a profit...
...Carriers like Ryanair, easyJet, Buzz and Go, which concentrate on short-haul routes, have been almost impervious to the downturn in transatlantic travel. They're thriving. Ryanair, which earlier this month became Europe's most valuable airline with a market capitalization of $5 billion, announced a 39% rise in profits for the six months ending Sept. 30. EasyJet posted an annual profit of $58 million...
...need to be more credulous of freedom-sapping, revenue-increasing requirements masquerading as security measures. This is a war about terrorism, not about profit margins. Our efforts as a nation should be devoted to protecting the front lines—not businesses’ bottom lines...
Anti-sweatshop activitsts applauded a rare victory in union-organizing when factory workers and representatives of the Workers Rights Consortium (WRC), a non-profit sweatshop watchdog group, testified to the “unprecendented” success of recent efforts to create an independent, democratic union in the Kukdong apparel plant in Mexico last Thursday...