nheather
Outstanding Member
You say you are at university, which must mean that you got in before the fee increase.
The actual price of courses vary, but as an example my son is about to start an engineering course and I know that costs £14k per year.
Of that he will pay £9k, but the tax payer will pick up the £5k.
By contrast you are paying something like £3.5k so the tax payer could be contributing £10.5k per annum.
On top of that, because your parents are on income support, you may well be getting a maintenance grant which the tax payer will be paying for.
I suspect that you are taking much much more out of the tax pot then you are putting in.
In fact once you graduated and start work full time, I imagine it will be many years before you have paid in as much as you have taken out.
Cheers,
Nigel
The actual price of courses vary, but as an example my son is about to start an engineering course and I know that costs £14k per year.
Of that he will pay £9k, but the tax payer will pick up the £5k.
By contrast you are paying something like £3.5k so the tax payer could be contributing £10.5k per annum.
On top of that, because your parents are on income support, you may well be getting a maintenance grant which the tax payer will be paying for.
I suspect that you are taking much much more out of the tax pot then you are putting in.
In fact once you graduated and start work full time, I imagine it will be many years before you have paid in as much as you have taken out.
Cheers,
Nigel
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