&quot;Sure, it&#x27;s a policy question. That does not automatically make it government business&quot;<p>We grant something non-profit status because we think it&#x27;s in the public interest. Thus, it&#x27;s already &#x27;government business.&#x27;<p>&quot;We have a set of tax laws about non-profits.&quot;<p>Certainly. And we change those laws over time to reflect changing circumstances.<p>&quot;Yet governments people have no problem spending more money than they have&quot;<p>That blanket statement is as true as the statement that <i>companies have no problem spending more money than they have</i>. I mentioned Cooper Union as an example of how non-profit universities are also not immune.<p>&quot;That doesn&#x27;t make it right.&quot;<p>Who am I likely to believe more, you or Piketty?