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ntluser · 23-01-2004, 17:08

I think the interesting thing in all this is the assumption that people will want to go to university when top up fees are activated.

A degree is not the gateway to success it used to be. Lots of people have proved that they can earn loads of money without one.

I suspect that the introduction of top up fees is a mechanism to deter people from going to university and thereby to allow the government to reduce spending on Higher Education.

Most of the measures the government has introduced have been aimed at raising cash, because essentially, after all the money they have wasted, they no longer have the funds to finance the manifesto they campaigned on at the election.

Think about all the stealth taxes, the raids on pension funds, the financial punitive measures imposed on business by the Inland Revenue, congestion charges, toll roads, speed cameras and top-up fees. They are all measures designed to screw every last penny out of the public.

Isn't it funny that we managed to live quite comfortably and things worked reasonably well without all these things before.

Funny too, that we don't have enough police, teachers, nurses, doctors, radiographers, firemen, midwives etc. and that most public services are in crisis.

If people don't go to university, I wonder how many other professions will end up being in short supply.

Maybe what we need are better politicians who can make wiser decisions about public spending, without the need to waste vast amounts of money and without the need to create an elitist life style for themselves in the process.

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ntluser Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Manchester Age: 79 Services: Virgin Media XL Telephone,TV with Tivo box & Superhub3 upto 150Mb Broadband, Sky World, & Freeview+ Posts: 1,901	Re: Top up fees I think the interesting thing in all this is the assumption that people will want to go to university when top up fees are activated. A degree is not the gateway to success it used to be. Lots of people have proved that they can earn loads of money without one. I suspect that the introduction of top up fees is a mechanism to deter people from going to university and thereby to allow the government to reduce spending on Higher Education. Most of the measures the government has introduced have been aimed at raising cash, because essentially, after all the money they have wasted, they no longer have the funds to finance the manifesto they campaigned on at the election. Think about all the stealth taxes, the raids on pension funds, the financial punitive measures imposed on business by the Inland Revenue, congestion charges, toll roads, speed cameras and top-up fees. They are all measures designed to screw every last penny out of the public. Isn't it funny that we managed to live quite comfortably and things worked reasonably well without all these things before. Funny too, that we don't have enough police, teachers, nurses, doctors, radiographers, firemen, midwives etc. and that most public services are in crisis. If people don't go to university, I wonder how many other professions will end up being in short supply. Maybe what we need are better politicians who can make wiser decisions about public spending, without the need to waste vast amounts of money and without the need to create an elitist life style for themselves in the process.