Best way to pay off student loans?

[Whorty]

But only a select few, therein lies the problem. If you increased tax then you are hitting the people who can't for some reason go to Uni. Uni is a choice, not a necessity on an individual level, yes a modern economy needs an educated workforce, but there are ways of getting that for most roles without Uni. Bog standard software engineers/spreadsheet jockeys patently do not need a degree in the subject.

That's not my suggestion - I'm not saying tax everyone extra to pay for student fees, I'm saying anyone who goes to Uni gets an extra x% on their tax to cover their course fees, and this extra tax stays there until age 67 (or whatever the retirement age becomes).

[Gibbon]

That's not my suggestion - I'm not saying tax everyone extra to pay for student fees, I'm saying anyone who goes to Uni gets an extra x% on their tax to cover their course fees, and this extra tax stays there until age 67 (or whatever the retirement age becomes).

You were bemoaning the fact that you lot had it for free (or tax payer funded) in the quote I replied to. Taxing grads isn't free.

[vetran]

That's not my suggestion - I'm not saying tax everyone extra to pay for student fees, I'm saying anyone who goes to Uni gets an extra x% on their tax to cover their course fees, and this extra tax stays there until age 67 (or whatever the retirement age becomes).

So someone who goes to UNI but invents something completely unrelated to their degree has to pay an extra X% of tax because they did a degree?

[SueEllen]

So someone who goes to UNI but invents something completely unrelated to their degree has to pay an extra X% of tax because they did a degree?

In the UK loads of people do not work in their first degree subject area so yes it would be fair.

[vetran]

In the UK loads of people do not work in their first degree subject area so yes it would be fair.

Fairer than them paying off the cost of their degree over their lifetime?

[Gibbon]

In the UK loads of people do not work in their first degree subject area so yes it would be fair.

What about those who somehow fail the final module? Or those you pay for an OU degree or other distance learning ones, out of taxed income?

[d000hg]

So someone who goes to UNI but invents something completely unrelated to their degree has to pay an extra X% of tax because they did a degree?

That's largely how tax works. I have no kids but I can't opt out of paying for school funding, private school/health users can't opt out of their 'fee'.

And you cannot really say "unrelated to their degree". University is about far more than learning a bunch of stuff, at least if it's any good. My degree was maths/physics/compsci but virtually none of it was related to actual coding and software development, however it certainly informs how I do things.

[Gibbon]

That's largely how tax works. I have no kids but I can't opt out of paying for school funding, private school/health users can't opt out of their 'fee'.

You may not have kids, but you will surely benefit from other peoples' kids especially later in life, therefore you and wider society has a vested interest in educating the future generations. I mean when that surgeon is removing your prostate you would like him/her to have the skill to leave your manhood in working order!

[ladymuck]

You may not have kids, but you will surely benefit from other peoples' kids especially later in life, therefore you and wider society has a vested interest in educating the future generations. I mean when that surgeon is removing your prostate you would like him/her to have the skill to leave your manhood in working order!

Is your manhood in your bottom?

[northernladuk]

Is your manhood in your bottom?

His isn't...