How does it help?
Student fees are a big topic at the moment, the LibDems are going back on their pledge. but lying to try to save their bacon.
They keep claiming that there system is fairer but how. OK you won't pay anything back till you earn over £21000, they don't make clear at what money, now or then.
But the true inconsistency of their argument is that since you only pay it back once you are earning it should not put anyone going to University. But now they are saying the poorest, and it will be the poorest, won't have to pay for the first year and that if they go to an expensive university they will get another one free. So two people with the same education, same job and earning the same will have to pay back different amounts depending on the wealth of the person's parents. The LibDems strike again.
Then we have the problem of bureaucracy, which they claim to be against. How will the scheme operate, what happens if your parental income is above the threshold when you start or below it when you finish. Will it depend on whether you had free school meals, the for the whole time you were at school or just in your last year. What about people who could have had free school meals but didn't.
If they really wanted to help those on low incomes there are two things they could do, keep the education maintenance allowance and increase for students in higher education.
But no they really are only concerned with making sure that the wealthy stay wealthy but have to provide a sop to those suckers who thought they were mildly left of centre to find that they are well to the right.
It is quite clear from this, as was well understood by those who have seen them in action in local elections, they will say anything to get elected. Normally they don't so they don't have to do anything about it
They keep claiming that there system is fairer but how. OK you won't pay anything back till you earn over £21000, they don't make clear at what money, now or then.
But the true inconsistency of their argument is that since you only pay it back once you are earning it should not put anyone going to University. But now they are saying the poorest, and it will be the poorest, won't have to pay for the first year and that if they go to an expensive university they will get another one free. So two people with the same education, same job and earning the same will have to pay back different amounts depending on the wealth of the person's parents. The LibDems strike again.
Then we have the problem of bureaucracy, which they claim to be against. How will the scheme operate, what happens if your parental income is above the threshold when you start or below it when you finish. Will it depend on whether you had free school meals, the for the whole time you were at school or just in your last year. What about people who could have had free school meals but didn't.
If they really wanted to help those on low incomes there are two things they could do, keep the education maintenance allowance and increase for students in higher education.
But no they really are only concerned with making sure that the wealthy stay wealthy but have to provide a sop to those suckers who thought they were mildly left of centre to find that they are well to the right.
It is quite clear from this, as was well understood by those who have seen them in action in local elections, they will say anything to get elected. Normally they don't so they don't have to do anything about it
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