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Re:More Than 40% of Student Borrowers Aren’t Making Payments by gozur88 on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @06:26PM (#11442709)
That's a terrible system, IMO. Why should we be rewarding B-Ark people while at the same time punishing people who get degrees in Engineering and Medicine? I can understand the logic for tax-supported universities (not necessarily agree, but understand), but this just seems... intellectually dysgenic.
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Re:More Than 40% of Student Borrowers Aren’t Making Payments by codeulike on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @06:38PM (#11442816)
Because perhaps there's a view that its worth something to society for people to study things that dont necessarily lead to a high salary?
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Re:More Than 40% of Student Borrowers Aren’t Making Payments by gozur88 on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @06:53PM (#11442946)
I can't think of anything that would be as valuable to society as engineering or medicine, say, and still wouldn't land you a remunerative position.

Anyway, that's an argument for taxpayer-supported universities, not for universities paid for by the students who choose to learn skills other people will find useful.

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Re:More Than 40% of Student Borrowers Aren’t Making Payments by hohod on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @06:36PM (#11442793)
The same way you tax more people earning more money ?
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Re:More Than 40% of Student Borrowers Aren’t Making Payments by nness on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @06:40PM (#11442839)
Punishing,really? It's not an unfair burden for those people and hardly be unsurprisingly for them.
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Re:More Than 40% of Student Borrowers Aren’t Making Payments by Symbiote on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @06:50PM (#11442929)
The threshold for payment is quite low, around £20000 pretty year in salary before tax. I'd expect most people to make some payments, although compared to an engineer the artist might take a few extra years to reach the minimum salary.
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Re:More Than 40% of Student Borrowers Aren’t Making Payments by huherto on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @08:14PM (#11443519)
At least the lender can make extra considerations. Career choice, academic history, etc. Better than lending any amount to anyone and still have a guaranteed payment.
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