Originally posted by VectraMan
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Originally posted by VectraMan View PostYes I know it amounts to the same thing, but calling it a debt is an overwhelmingly negative thing as you see from the reactions to people being £50K "in debt" by the time they're 21. Even if you never repay you still have that debt hanging over you.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostDebt woes 'weigh heavily' on young people, survey finds - BBC News
Though I would change the advice to be :-
1. Never get into debt
2. See 1
Of course, this does not apply to a mortgage as houses always appreciate.Comment
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Originally posted by Platypus View PostStudent loans? My daughter, like many of her generation, did her 3 years at Uni and now owes approx £50kComment
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Originally posted by vetran View PostIf you see Debt as a negative thing when its used for an investment in your earning power then maybe.More than a third of graduates regret going to university, and half reckon they would have landed their current job without having to study for a degree, according to damning research into the finances of the millennial generation.
The research by insurance company Aviva was published days before hundreds of thousands of A-level students discover if they have obtained the grades needed for their desired university course. In the report, entitled Generation Regret, Aviva warns that many will wish they had never bothered attending university, given the level of debt they will accumulate.
It found that 37% of those who went to university regret doing so given the amount of debt they now have. A total of 49% said they could have got to where they are in life without the benefit of a university degree.Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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Originally posted by VectraMan View PostThe greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't existComment
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Originally posted by VectraMan View Post
if our top 10-20% by merit had gone to University and the rest being pushed to vocational qualifications we would be better off.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by vetran View Postah now that Chunt Brown & Bliar making University for all was another monumental screw up.
if our top 10-20% by merit had gone to University and the rest being pushed to vocational qualifications we would be better off.The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't existComment
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Originally posted by LondonManc View PostWe'd even have had a chance of getting our manufacturing industry back up to scratch, so long as the unions didn't start interfering as they did when they sent it down the can in the 70s."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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