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http://www.watoday.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/uni-students-get-a-free-ride-for-too-long-with-their-hecs-debt-20110320-1c24r.html

I read this yesterday in the Age when the comments were already closed (at 461).
It makes me sad that this drivelous bullshit was published.

I have started repaying my HECS debt. Yes, there was a little hiccup with the tax office and the payroll department at work not communicating which has left me in a bit of a sticky situation, and yes, most uni students would hopefully not start their working lives with debts the size of mine. BUT I hardly think the government needs to force people entering the workforce to live balancing on the poverty line just to get a few extra dollars.
I like the HECS scheme (or HELP or whatever). I believe in it, and I know that without it, I couldn't have gone to Uni. The threshold as it stands now is fair and should be left at $45000.

I've never been afraid of work, and I worked full time during undergrad and part time during Honours.

As for Ms V's suggestion that only priviliged people get to go to Uni - I say that if you want to go, and you work towards it, it is possible.



Otherwise, the sun still shines insistently over Perth, days creak one into the other and life goes on.