The Ivy League Doesn’t Need Taxpayers’ Help

Re:The Ivy League Doesn’t Need Taxpayers’ Help by connoredel on Monday October 17, 2016 @09:06PM (#12731220)

I've always wondered why they don't use this to price discriminate even more. They always say the "actual value" of the education is way more than $55k per year or whatever, because the endowment contributes significantly to the operating budget as well.

So why not make the list price $100k? If your example is correct, this would only affect those who make between $250k and $500k (where 20% of their income is between $50k and $100k).

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Re:The Ivy League Doesn’t Need Taxpayers’ Help by intrasight on Monday October 17, 2016 @10:09PM (#12731504)

The list price is darn close to $100K.

I don't think your analysis is quite correct. Assuming is $100K and they ask for 20%. If I make more than $500K, then I pay $100K. If I make $50K then I pay $10K.

But please note that I'm GREATLY simplifying things here. It's not simple "Give us 20%". If it was, it would be like PA income tax - one page - give us 4%. It's more like NY income tax - dozens of pages with lots of special cases and loopholes.

For the same reason I like PA taxes, I like Yale financial aid. It's closer to the PA model than to the NY model. I don't approve of thresholds like "Income less than $100K - you pay nothing". I could even argue that an Ivy is such a privilege that the "give us 20%" should have no upper bounds ;)

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Re:The Ivy League Doesn’t Need Taxpayers’ Help by gohrt on Monday October 17, 2016 @09:36PM (#12731343)

The need to make the price low enough that graduates who do well feel an inclination to make $10m contributions back.

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Re:The Ivy League Doesn’t Need Taxpayers’ Help by tedunangst on Monday October 17, 2016 @09:23PM (#12731284)

The additional income isn't worth the Sanders activists screaming about college tuition costing X years of minimum wage.

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