25-08-2023, 03:27 PM
Well of course they bloody well will - can't have the peasants getting anything free, who knows what they might want next, & besides they might learn stuff. 
People who have education tend to have ideas, about things like democracy & fair govt....
What a bunch of absolute elitist bastards they are.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politic...government
"ACT Party leader David Seymour says the fees-free policy is an "unfair, unprincipled and unaffordable bribe" and would reinstate it if it was part of the next government.
Fees-free education offers students their first year of tertiary study or two years training, up to the value of $12,000, free of charge. The Labour Government brought it in in 2018.
But Seymour said it primarily benefits young people from wealthier background. "They’re being funded by less well-off taxpayers whose children are less likely to go into tertiary education," he said in a statement.
No it damn well doesn't; my youngest grandson was able to use this because his parents were only just over the income limit. Bloody politicians.
Seymour said the $30,000 tertiary element of this policy, however was different from the fees-free scheme because it was a one-off payment.
National Party deputy leader Nicola Willis, and education spokesperson Erica Stanford, have both promised their party would keep the scheme. "We wouldn't touch it," Stanford said.
The ACT Party's education policy also sets out a radical shift to the sector. It would give each child a Student Education Account at the age of two. Each year until a student is 18, $12,000 will be placed into that account. At the age of 18, they will receive a further $30,000 for tertiary education, with up to $50,000 available top academic achievers through a scholarship program. Over half of students will receive a scholarship.
People who have education tend to have ideas, about things like democracy & fair govt....
What a bunch of absolute elitist bastards they are.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politic...government
"ACT Party leader David Seymour says the fees-free policy is an "unfair, unprincipled and unaffordable bribe" and would reinstate it if it was part of the next government.
Fees-free education offers students their first year of tertiary study or two years training, up to the value of $12,000, free of charge. The Labour Government brought it in in 2018.
But Seymour said it primarily benefits young people from wealthier background. "They’re being funded by less well-off taxpayers whose children are less likely to go into tertiary education," he said in a statement.
No it damn well doesn't; my youngest grandson was able to use this because his parents were only just over the income limit. Bloody politicians.
Seymour said the $30,000 tertiary element of this policy, however was different from the fees-free scheme because it was a one-off payment.
National Party deputy leader Nicola Willis, and education spokesperson Erica Stanford, have both promised their party would keep the scheme. "We wouldn't touch it," Stanford said.
The ACT Party's education policy also sets out a radical shift to the sector. It would give each child a Student Education Account at the age of two. Each year until a student is 18, $12,000 will be placed into that account. At the age of 18, they will receive a further $30,000 for tertiary education, with up to $50,000 available top academic achievers through a scholarship program. Over half of students will receive a scholarship.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)