green Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 I take it you didn’t see the news story where graduates are being told by the job centre not to put there degrees on job applications because they are over qualified. Fewer people going to university isn’t a bad thing. So "some" of our children dont deserve a free education that our parents got? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSmith Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 So "some" of our children dont deserve a free education that our parents got? Nothing is free, someone always as to pay for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I1L2T3 Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 No we had a massive deficit and huge debts before the banking crisis. We actually had qquite a reasonable debt as % of GDP before the crisis. We had a deficit too along with plans to tackle it. It was all completely managable. Not ideal but the Tories were in similar fiscally 'bad' places at times 79-97. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L00b Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 So what do you Tories think of the news that university applications for 2012 are down 9%?Correcting misconceived social experimenting pursuant to which even the basest manual labourer shoudn't be without a degree. So, "according to plan", I'd say (maybe even as far as "still surprisingly high"). The Tories will love that our next generation can't be educated unless they have money.All past generations, except perhaps the one-but-latest (early 30 somethings), have managed fine without a "degree-for-all" model. Those societies that have followed this model longest, have had record unemployment (particularly for over-qualified graduates) longest. Just look at France. Graduates have been emigrating in droves since the early 90s there (I should know, I was one of them), and mass unemployment (at levels comparable to those currently sufferred in the UK) have been the norm for well over a decade there, if not two already. When I predicted that there would be reduction in student numbers (on another thread) all the Tory / Lib Dem types were saying I was scaremongering!I don't know if I'm a "Tory / Lib Dem type" (probably...) but I wouldn't have disagreed with you at all. It was eminently predictable, and expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balpin Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Conrod, is Powerhouse your business? Im interested.... God help them if it is. It must be one bloke and a YTS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 God help them if it is. It must be one bloke and a YTS. The troll has gone quiet now.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSmith Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 We actually had qquite a reasonable debt as % of GDP before the crisis. We had a deficit too along with plans to tackle it. It was all completely managable. Not ideal but the Tories were in similar fiscally 'bad' places at times 79-97. It depends on your idea of reasonable but at least you agree with me we have lived beyond our means for too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Nothing is free, someone always as to pay for it. I beg to differ. As a mother i used to say to my friends, there are 3 things you can give your children. Love, Confidence and an Education. Now one of these are no longer free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balpin Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Nothing is free, someone always as to pay for it. Everything is free. It is just that greed makes the ruling class demand payment. We create wealth by human endeavour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I1L2T3 Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 It clearly wasn't manageable and the government was being warned long before the crisis. So even if we hadn't had a crisis it wasn't manageable? Don't get me wrong I'm not saying it was a great situation but unmanageable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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