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Originally Posted by SamF
Why should some get it and others not ? Why do the people who's parents pay the least get the most ?
If your argument, as it seems to be, is that they will become tax payers in the end and therefore will pay it back, what makes the students who come from a background with a low work ethic more worthy of someone who will earn their keep ? If anything it is those that already have the part time jobs should be the first to receive the money, as they have shown the drive to get a job in the first place, meaning its more likely they will get a job after graduation, and therefore will be more likely to be paying tax/more tax in their future lives.
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The theory is that the parents who can work can support their child to ensure they dont become unemployed, where as unemployed parents have very little means of supporting their children through education and are more likely to become unemployed themselves once they leave school.
I have friends who's parents earn too much money to be eligible for certain funds but they could really do with the funds, which is what i said in the first sentence in response to you. Just because someone is from a parentage with bad work ethic doesn't mean that they should be taken away the ability to fund their education too. Some peoples parents dont give a damn about whether they get a college/uni education or not, so why should those students be made to suffer just because some conservative people think that its wrong to provide equal oppurtunities for all, because thats basically what you are saying. Fair enough if you seemed more bothered about those from better off families not getting funding, but your making it sound very bitter to those 16yrs olds wanting to go to college and hoping for £30.
The idea the government have is that those earning £30,000+ will have gained some education themselves, and will understand that it is important to fund their child if they want the to be successful. People who dont work also want their children to do well but simply dont earn enough in the governments eyes to make a significant contribution, and so the government provide funds for those students. Its hardly unfair, it just excludes some criteria such as parents who earn £30000 but have for example 8 children, which is the type of family my friend was from, and she didnt get a penny, and obviously £30000 between 10 people doesnt go very far.