Originally Posted by greencreeper

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I'd like to see the student loan scrapped, but the problem is that the Government intends everyone, chavs and all, to have a degree, which ironically means that degrees will become worthless within the next decade and the earning potential of people with degrees will be much lower (thus less likely to pay off the loan). If you scrap the loan and replace it with a grant, it will just encourage the chavs et al, who should never go near a University let alone study at one, to apply to University.