Thursday, November 19, 2009
Ravenstahl: We’ll Pass The Tax
WDUQNews: "Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl says he is going ahead with his 1% tax on tuition paid to Pittsburgh colleges and universities and he will let the lawyers sort it out in court. Ravenstahl says he will be separating the 2010 budget and the tuition tax and moving forward with both at the same time."
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This tax is ridiculous. I find it terribly offensive when people say that all the students are taking advantage of the local economy is entirely crazy. As students, we use the bus system, dine at the restaurants, buy groceries, go to IKEA...etc. They already have tons of our money in taxes--not to mention we also buy houses, rent apartments, pay bills...etc. Taxing us more is really taxing our parents, mostly, and that's just unfair.
Find another way to get our money, instead of making our education more expensive.
I agree with Andrew, the concept of taxing students for attending a school in a city is ridiculous. It seems like the mayor is just looking for untapped resources, but this is definitely the wrong place to be looking for them. I know for me personally, if this tax were to be imposed I would likely cut down on my spending in the city. That means that i will be putting less of my money into the state. I think if more students take on this attitude, Ravenstahl will realize how much we we actually contribute. He bills this tax existing because all students do is drain from the city. He needs to learn that we also give back.
It seems less like he's looking for an untapped resource than like he's looking for someone to tax who won't be able to vote against him. Just like when in the past the city decided to tax hotels (people visiting from out of town don't vote in Pittsburgh elections) parking (commuters from outside the city don't either) and amusements (most people come in from the suburbs anyway, so they're not voting here either) now he's going after another batch of people who aren't registered to vote here, the college students.
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