Just after a few short days of writing this post on governments cutting back on education, we now have cities with the audacity to tax poor students via tuition to server the interests of fat, old, pensioners.    What in the hell is the world coming to?

The mayor of Pittsburgh calls it the “Fair Share Tax.” But to officials at the city’s 10 colleges and universities and many of their 100,000 students, it is anything but.

Mayor Luke Ravenstahl said the universities rejected his request to pay $5 million a year to the city, and that he had no other option.

On Wednesday, the City Council is expected to give preliminary approval to Mayor Luke Ravenstahl’s proposal for a 1 percent tuition tax on students attending college in Pittsburgh, which he says will raise $16.2 million in annual revenue that is needed to pay pensions for retired city employees. Final Council action will be on Monday.

That’s right, when things get tough, the young get screwed in favor of the old, fat and useless.   Absolutely amazing.