The Leeds University Alumni people have been in touch
again. This time they want a donation of
(at least) £50 to fill in the gap caused by the government phasing out
bursaries for students from low income households.
This is where we are folks. Decades of moving away from public towards
private, from education for civilisation’s sake to education merely to feed the
economy, from tax rates sufficient to fund students to massive student loans. There’s also this fantasy that anyone who
goes (or went) to University must be somehow on the upper-middle class gravy
train that still sort of exists and that they’re prepared to stump up a few
quid to cover government cuts. Perhaps
we should have a raffle to fund a replacement for Trident or to fill the hole
caused by those firms who don’t pay any tax?
I don’t really blame the Alumni people – but no, sorry, I haven’t got
£50 spare anyway, never mind £50 to cover the cost of moving the country’s
wealth to the rich.
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