YinzPitt

Well thanks to all the people that voted for the awesome boy wonder Mayor Luke Ravenstahl in Pittsburgh.  I’m sure people thought the little doozie he let go last week about his proposal for an “Education Privilege Tax” wouldn’t make too big a splash in the media world with all the sports things going on.  I however, feel the need to bring it up, and bash it down.

If they could do anything to make this city more unattractive in terms of payments and taxes, this man could certainly think of a way to do so.  Mayor Luke Ravenstahl has been uninspiring at best, and anyone who says he isn’t following in his fathers, or even his parties footsteps, is crazy.

I’ll make this known right now, I’m for neither political party.  I’m registered Republican but see myself following in the middle of the gray area.  I do find it that both parties are out there to distract people from their real issues and create more issues by sparring and feuding with each political side.  Mayor Luke made this glorious comment the other day:

“When Carnegie Mellon students spend their Friday night on the South Side, get a little rowdy and Councilman Kraus calls the police to break them up, who pays the bill,” asked the mayor.

Umm, correct me if I’m wrong, but were paying taxes already for this kind of thing.  So what’s the real reason?  It’s also not ALWAYS college kids that mess things up.  There are a ton of dirtballs and skeezers that go to the bar that are out to cause issues as well.  However, the real reason for this tax increase is that it’s needed for:

The new revenue would generate $16 million to cover required extra payments toward the city’s pension fund. One million of that money would support the city’s libraries.

Oh OK that makes all the more sense with what Luke Ravenstahl was saying then, so for all the issues those rowdy college kids are creating at bars during the night, the money is going to the libraries and pension funds.  Makes all the sense in the world.  The fact of the matter is, Ravenstahl knows that the colleges in Pittsburgh are attractive colleges to attend, so he decides to add the tax on there because he knows it’s easy money.

It’s gotten to the point where it’s not even funny to make fun of the political and justice system anymore.  Both are corrupt, and both are full of people to get their much needed power and personal gain out of this.  After all, what’s the point of making it better for college kids to adapt to the big change and adjustments for themselves, when we could just charge them more money and blame them for their drunken rowdy nights?

I’m really starting to believe that the G-20(ps.  where did that $35 million go?) was so readily accepted to bring a name to the city and show that the University of Pitt students are hoodlums and we need the tax because of this one time issue.    It will certainly be said that they caused a ruckus and the city had to pay, so “TAX THEM!!!!”  However, it’s a fairly evident and a known tactic by protesters that had arrived  to disperse into a crowd and start the riot themselves in order to make the police look like belligerent idiots and the students an uprising force tired of “TEH GOVERMENTS MAN”, which they accomplished by the way.

What can you do I suppose?  I feel bad for the kids that have to attend college and pay for others mistakes.  Oh wait, we do that every day.  I mean after all, who pays for all those name changes, free rides, and free events Mayor Ravenstahl enjoys to do?

/end rant