Pittsburgh To Tax College Students∞
From the article:
“If they would have contributed to the City of Pittsburgh like they should have been, there would be no need for this,” he [Mayor Luke Ravenstahl] said. “With all the fees and costs college students are paying, this is minimal.”
Which fair share
would that be? The property taxes that schools pass down to their students in the form of housing costs? The income taxes that get taken out of students’ paychecks if they get a job—on- OR off-campus? The sales taxes that students have to pay if they buy anything in the city?
Did you also fail to consider the school employees’ salaries (which are ALSO taxed), Mr. Ravenstahl? Because those are in NO WAY connected to students’ tuition. And when relatives visit students in Pittsburgh, that’s definitely not tourism, right?
To put it succinctly, Mayor: in what way are students not already contributing that they SHOULD be?
Furthermore, what is this With all the fees and costs college students are paying, this is minimal
bullshit? Are you REALLY saying that college students are already paying too much, so one more fee wouldn’t hurt them?
There is so much bullshit here that it makes my head hurt.
(via Slashdot)
