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All the activists I know are hoping for big rebellion from the MPs
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All the activists I know are hoping for big rebellion from the MPs
Yes. A city boy will be able to pay the whole lot off with a single bonus and incur bugger all interest. Anyone who's mug enough to work for the public sector, or a women who is silly enough to damage her career prospects by having children, will be paying back a big chunk for most of their working lives, and incur much more interest as a result.Quick Q - It seems what Vince Cable is saying is that less well-off graduates will pay less that they do now, and that wealthier ones will pay more. But when the effective 0% interest rate is gone, doesn't that mean that the poorer students (who'll be paying for longer) end up paying more in total?
Yes. A city boy will be able to pay the whole lot off with a single bonus and incur bugger all interest. Anyone who's mug enough to work for the public sector, or a women who is silly enough to damage her career prospects by having children, will be paying back a big chunk for most of their working lives, and incur much more interest as a result.
No it's not the case, it's subtler than that - according to Browne anyway.
He says those who pay early incur additional costs in the same way someone paying off their mortgage early does.
Is this the case? Did Vince 'Mable' Cable not get his add on early repayment penalty thing attached to the bill? His proposal is that anyone attempting to act as you've described would be hit by a early repayment charge.
All the activists I know are hoping for big rebellion from the MPs
Surely someone whose parents pay upfront pay significantly less then a poorer student who has to take out a loan at all.....how can that be right?
Critics still say that his package is not progressive enough and could actually result in those earning, say, 30k to 45k paying back more than those on higher incomes. The reason for this is that, under Browne's proposals, graduates will pay 9% of their earnings each year, as they do now. However, unlike now, the debt owed will increase over time as Browne is proposing that graduates start to pay the real rate of interest on their debt. Thus, if Daddy can pay off your debt or if you can pay it back quickly because you're earning a lot, you will end up paying less for education than someone who does it steadily over the years - just like any other debt, in fact.
Even better, he's just cried that it won't effect people until after the next election
9%? Fucking hell.Even more to it than that, as Nick Robinsons blog says:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/nickrobinson/2010/10/focus_on_the_mi.html
Most of their uni seats now looking vulnerable. Sheffield Hallam? But where will students vote? Hardly for Cameron. Need a punish Clegg candidate (not necessarily Labour, perhaps much better if not).