Pittsburgh Sets Vote on Adding Tax on Tuition

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pittsburgh
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<p>A friend forwarded this to me with a simple phrase on the message line: "Carnegie Mellon's probably going lower in my app list!"</p>

<p>Apparently, the mayor of Pittsburgh says a 1 percent tuition tax on students attending college in Pittsburgh will raise revenue needed to pay pensions for retired city workers.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/16/ed...16college.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/16/ed...16college.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Is he seriously expecting students to borrow money on top of all the money they already have to borrow to make ends meet in college to pay for the retirement of random strangers?</p>

<p>I know when the estimates are about $20 for community colleges to the highest, at Carnegie Mellon, $400. However, if a students stays for five years at a school like CM, this "little" tax would amount to 2k. This would most likely be buried within the student loans/interest a student may have! After four or five years of school, as a student, I would like to have the least amount of money owed multiplying. </p>

<p>Thoughts?</p>

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<p>About the only thing ALL the colleges in Pittsburgh can agree on is that they will sue the city if council passes this selective tax increase. I wouldn’t worry about it until after the lawsuit and back room negotiating is complete.</p>

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<p>FWIW, the vote was postponed: [The</a> Associated Press: Pittsburgh City Council delays vote on tuition tax](<a href=“http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5idX-ahRLU0pMULRtdHdJhN892U2wD9CKIA900]The”>http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5idX-ahRLU0pMULRtdHdJhN892U2wD9CKIA900)</p>

<p>I agree with aglages and will wait and see what the outcome is of any possible legal action and related negotiations.</p>

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<p>Having the “first tuition tax” in Pittsburgh would certainly hurt the many colleges and universities within the city. 1% of OOS nursing tuition is $290, and over 4 years that would be about $1000 for me :(</p>

<p>It would be different if I was working in Pittsburgh, but an extra $290/year with a college budget? Not cool.</p>

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<p>LOL I’m sending in my CMU deposit and my cousin told me last year the deposit was $600 and this year it says $800. Plus $400 is pocket change compared to the 50 grand tuition.</p>

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<p>Yay! No tuition tax. I wonder what the deal was?</p>

<p>[Pittsburgh</a> Mayor, Universities Reach Tax Deal - cbs3.com](<a href=“http://cbs3.com/wireapnewspa/APNewsBreak.Pittsburgh.mayor.2.1383037.html]Pittsburgh”>http://cbs3.com/wireapnewspa/APNewsBreak.Pittsburgh.mayor.2.1383037.html)</p>

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<p>^^^^
Money and politics. No sex unless you consider what they wanted to do to the students.</p>

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<p>Glad to hear this. mondaysun, thanks for posting the link.</p>

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<p>The deal is that the colleges have planned to make donations to the city–tax averted, tuition still raised…</p>