Ten billion dollar student loans. Pay ya bills you lazy Gen Yers.

[Oscar]

Last time I had my 18 year old girlfriend over. Why's that?

You wait 'till your Father gets home.

[Coyote]

I'm seriously thinking of trying to take some course or other just to access an interest free credit line.

Think you'll find the red tape a pain.

Studylink made very sure that they weren't paying me a sent more than they had too. The accessed my parent's credit ratings, made sure with Weltec the amount I claimed the course cost was the correct amount, etc. The only extra money I'm entitled to is up to $1000 for 'course related costs'. Haven't applied for it yet, haven't worked up the courage to deal with all that paper work.

[Mully]

Back on topic (ladies, handbags away please)

I always thought it was a good idea to write off a percentage of your loan (say, 10%) per year that you stayed in NZ and worked in the industry/job that you trained for.

For example, if you were a doctor, for every year you worked as a doctor in the public system, the government would write off 10% of your loan.

That way, you've done 10 years in the NZ public system, paid the government a lot of tax, and probably (after 10 years) settled in NZ and are unlikely to go off shore permanently

Any merit to that?? Or flaws??

[riffer]

Good intelligent idea Mully.

The pollies will never go for it.

[sAsLEX]

Apprenticeship would've been good, but I didn't want to try learn the subject with some prick of a boss looming over me.

People that really deserve the right to say 'harden the fuck up' would not be using a silly abbreviation or actually giving a damn in the first place.

Thats not the only way.

No one was over my shoulder for my degree.

[Dave Lobster]

Does everyone have to pay for higher education?

ie, do certain sections of the population get it for free?

[Finn]

$10 billion student debt. Never saw that one coming.

Stupid kiwi's.

[rachprice]

Think you'll find the red tape a pain.

Studylink made very sure that they weren't paying me a sent more than they had too. The accessed my parent's credit ratings, made sure with Weltec the amount I claimed the course cost was the correct amount, etc. The only extra money I'm entitled to is up to $1000 for 'course related costs'. Haven't applied for it yet, haven't worked up the courage to deal with all that paper work.

Man go for it just claim your buying a laptop, thats what everyone says!

My fees are 12,000 a year! 3 more years of it too!

[Hinny]

Does everyone have to pay for higher education?

ie, do certain sections of the population get it for free?

If we hadn't let the Australians pinch our Trustee Savings Bank they may have been able to finance Tertiary students the way the Southland Savings Bank do at SIT in Invercargill.

Another lost opportunity and another lost asset.

I believe Tainui are actually using some of their settlement money wisely providing free education at Waikato Uni or Tech.

My first degree was free and the second I actually got paid to go. Weeeohhhweeeeohhweee Chosen one.
One friend even got a special allowance to pay for his race car!

'Those were the days my friend, I wished they'd never end, we'd sing and dance for ever and a day. ( Mary Hopkins )

[inlinefour]

Oh hell yeah. I can't wait for my "old codger" years. All these dopey Gen Y muppets with huge student loans, and NO jobs to help pay them off.
I'll be able to have a string of servants, cleaning windows, stained jocks, and my fleet of m/cycles (one day), for the princely sum off.......F**K ALL.
Mmmwwhhaaahhaa, keep paying the minimum- boy's n girls, my future comfort depends on it.

Go have a biarch to aunty helen. I paid mine off well before she stated that they was going to do the interest free deal and you think people are actually going to pay them off??? I was way pissed as my student loan was over the cost of a 1000cc superbike with all the best trimmings. Although it was good when I finally got the 600RR and had no student loan or finance on the bike either.

[tri boy]

Won't be interest free for much longer. Count on that.

[The Pastor]

pay your loan off at $20 a week, same with the fines. You will never ever get anything like this again, so enjoy it while it lasts (although i'd reconmend saving a little per week for your loan and earning intrest off it so that if you ever need to make a huge payment to reduce your loan for what ever reason you can)

[Finn]

Back on topic (ladies, handbags away please)

I always thought it was a good idea to write off a percentage of your loan (say, 10%) per year that you stayed in NZ and worked in the industry/job that you trained for.

For example, if you were a doctor, for every year you worked as a doctor in the public system, the government would write off 10% of your loan.

That way, you've done 10 years in the NZ public system, paid the government a lot of tax, and probably (after 10 years) settled in NZ and are unlikely to go off shore permanently

Any merit to that?? Or flaws??

10 years of shit pay and a third world quality of life?

[Ixion]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Oscar
When was the last time you changed those sheets?


Last time I had my 18 year old girlfriend over. Why's that?

Before? Or after ?

[Mully]

10 years of shit pay and a third world quality of life?

Yeah, well that's a point in the negative column.