Word: taxed
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Although Harvard's affiliate housing is tax-exempt, the rents it receives do affect city revenues. For the past two decades the University has paid the city 11.11 percent of its annual rent income "in lieu of taxes." The payment came to $989,543 in fiscal 1988. Harvard also paid the city $2,561,642 on its taxable property...
According to Walsh, the Council should consider putting the affiliate housing back on the tax rolls when the in-lieu-of-taxes agreement expires this December 31, because it might produce more revenue for the city...
...councillor said Cambridge might gain more revenue if the University were to raise its rents or pay taxes on the buildings. Much of the University's property is tax-exempt because it belongs to an academic institution...
...That's just an example of Mike taking a statement out of context," Monks said. "No way are we advocating a tax increase...
Bush's patriotism is spurious for another reason. It's no-cost patriotism that demands nothing other than self-satisfaction, emotional and material. The Bush-style patriot may refuse to pay more taxes, in fact may demand new tax breaks, while clinging to every Government benefit he now enjoys. The Bush- style patriot may call for an assertion of American power but needn't put his own body on the line; he may be "proud" of service writing press releases in Indiana. And the Bush-style patriot can measure his patriotism by his intolerance of people and opinions he doesn...