Riots in the UK about tuition fee increases - an observation

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jonop said:

PS3beats360 said:

Drop out of university and  do not bother doing anything with your life. Tories have tripled all university fees across the board.

They claim it is a measure to pay back the debt, reduce the deficit and increase the number of youth unemployment. Government bureaus can magically smooth the figures to cover up the increasing unemployment rates.

Unless you are an upper-middle class or closely related to the Royal family like most Tory MPs, you will not be able to afford to go to university.

Sign up on the welfare and just play your War Craft and console games or do whatever you want. 

People will be able to afford it because you don't have to start paying it back until you start earning £21000 a year.

You do realise how quickly the interest will build up? What if they decide to do a post-grad degree? Or can only get a job that amounts to slightly more than the £21,000?

Already, a lot of graduates on the current system come out with debts of >£15,000 and get jobs paying approx. £22K. Do you know how quickly the payments pay off that amount? They don't. They all go on interest payments. With £40-50,000 debt they'll be losing money on the starting salaries. Most students will be in debt for the majority (if not all) of their professional career.