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How TIFs Impact Racial and Economic Justice at the Local Level

NonProfit Quarterly

This money is effectively sequestered until the government deems a project worth investing in, which often means the money goes to wealthly, mostly White developers for megaprojects that do more harm than good to the surrounding communities. However, state and local taxation are far more damaging.

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How to Restore Community Economies: Reestablishing the Right to Associate

NonProfit Quarterly

In the first half of the 20th century, the crisis of rural electrification ended when the government enabled neighbors to access loans for building their own electric co-ops. Mutualists do not expect governments to solve their problems for them, but Horowitz stresses that enabling public policy is necessary for mutualism to flourish.

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“Educational Purposes”: Nonprofit Land as a Vital Site of Struggle

NonProfit Quarterly

Because higher education institutions provide the public good of education to surrounding communities, their property holdings are exempt from taxation in all 50 states. 38 Moreover, this sports complex sits on land that was initially deeded to the federal government to serve disabled and houseless veterans.