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Would you like more money?


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Would you like more money?  

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  1. 1. Would you like more money?

    • Yes.
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    • No.
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Put it like this, I don't have too much of it. Could do with a bit more, yes. And if things pull off I might start to make some more money soon in a very fun way. :D No, not going out on the streets and sell myself. :P I wouldn't get too much from doing that.

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Put it like this, I don't have too much of it. Could do with a bit more, yes. And if things pull off I might start to make some more money soon in a very fun way.

Porn star Pelle :-)

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Put it like this, I don't have too much of it. Could do with a bit more, yes. And if things pull off I might start to make some more money soon in a very fun way.

Porn star Pelle :-)

Now, THAT would be fun. Unfortunately...

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It's a yes from me as well.

In fact, why would anyone not ?

Perhaps if you went back and read my two previous posts, you'd see why?

Yeah kingphil. Super-Villan posted. The thread ended

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What I was driving at. (yes 40 - no 3 at this point)

Why are stories appearing in the news about universities wanting £5000 a year in top up fees? Because the cap placed on fees in 2006 is up for review at the end of the 2009 academic year. Universities are asking now to get their side of the story in early. Doesnt mean the government will give them what they want, and if public opinion is anything to go by, they really have to think what they are going to do so close to a general election that they are already going to have to fight hard to win.

Personally I think students should pay something back. If you get a £100,000 a year salary on the back of an expensive university education then being asked to contribute a little extra is perfectly fair. I dont think the current system of top up fees is fair, and I think something along the lines of different tax codes for graduates depending on their salaries post university is a better way to go than telling someone they owe £20k or whatever when they leave.

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It's a yes from me as well.

In fact, why would anyone not ?

Perhaps if you went back and read my two previous posts, you'd see why?

Yeah kingphil. Super-Villan posted. The thread ended

Quite.

Well Super-Villan if your posts are to be taken at face value, then I admire your stance. Very few people would turn money down, so it could benefit other people, perhaps worst off.

I on the other hand would want more money to improve my, and my families standard of living. I'll rather spend time with my daughter, then working till 6.00pm every evening, coming home tired and managing just half an h9our each night with her.

So, the more money I had, then less I would have to rely on working. Which, I assume would be the feeling of most people on this thread. Obviously excusing you with your high morale standing.

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It's a yes from me as well.

In fact, why would anyone not ?

Perhaps if you went back and read my two previous posts, you'd see why?

So if someone came up to you and said 'here, have £1000!' you'd say no?

I doubt that.

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I voted 'no'. Because I know that there is a good chance that me having more money would deprive other people of it, and they might need it more.

To give you context, I don't earn a huge amount of money, am in a reasonable amount of debt, but have just about enough to get by on.

Not even to buy another hollowed out volcano?

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And there was me thinking this was going to be about the inflationary pressures of literally printing more money. This is what we are doing as a nation right now to spend us out of trouble. We'll all have more money, but it will be worth less (or worthless depending on how bad things get).

When it comes to student fee's I don't think we should be hiking up the costs. Investing in education makes this a better place for all of us. The more bright, educated, talented people we have the nicer a place this will be to live. It's no different to investing in the arts, or apprenteships, or sport, or healthcare for that matter.

There are around only 500,000 people in the UK that earn over £100,000 a year, I went to uni, I sure as hell don't earn that, most of my colleagues likewise are graduates, but earn similar salaries to me. The idea that a degree = wealth is a little stretched in my view an will penalise those that get educated in the less financially rewarding courses. Compare the average salary of a history graduate (such as myself) to the law graduate (my sister) then lump them with the same amount of debt and you will see a deeply unproportional tax. Call me old fashioned if you will, but getting the rich to pay more and the poor less would work just fine, it's called income tax and is based on your ability to pay. Your parents paid their tax's so you could go to uni, you will pay for the next generation to go.

I also don't want to see the cost of this dumped on middle income Britain like everything else seems to be. Cost of living is already stupidly high in this country. The rich find clever accountants so they don't have to pay, the poor by definition are unable to pay so the burden always seems to fall on the guy in the middle. Not rich enough to get out enough, but well enough off to pay.

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