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(Pittsburgh, Pa.) Pittsburgh councilman Ricky Burgess is sponsoring a bill that would impose a 1% tax on people seeking higher education and those receiving medical care in the City Of Pittsburgh. The reason for the bill would be to have the money from the tax go toward a new fund to repair roads and bridges in the city.
the tax is estimated to bring in more than $50 million each year for the city.
Any students attending colleges, universities and advanced technical schools in the city would be required to pay. Additionally, people receiving services at hospitals, clinics, rehab facilities and “any other facility furnishing medical, therapeutic, psychological or vocational care” would face the extra cost. It would be applied to the full tuition amount at colleges and universities, and the full amount of medical bills.