Well feel more informed on here than after reading any of the papers.
Please don't vote National (I realise some of ya will), I want some transport in Auckland, free tertiary education for the kids and some attempt to tackle some of our problems: housing, aging population with health and super, climate change, homelessness and working poverty and mental health. And I don't really think the baby boomers give too much of a crap. It's about time for a re-balance.
Off for a month! Looks like most of the team will be in place for a decent pre-season. A longer season of the 4-3-3 would be good too. Catchyas
Free tertiary education is a really bad policy. Why should non tertiary attendees subsidise middle class children to attend university. It is completely regressive
I gotta defend this on at least three counts:
1)- it promotes social mobility and rewards work. Both my parents were the first in their family to go to Uni. Sure it's not the only method, but damn if it doesn't help a lot
2) it is a better deal for the middle class than paying school fees from 13-22 for their precious offspring. It's a better organised system. In Aussie for example the middle class feels it has to pay for private schools.
3) It is a bit of intergenerational fairness. A lot of professionals need to go to university. We are saying that they should come out with a loan to pay off and housing racing out of their reach to save for. It is one way to address that.
We benefit from being a more educated society.
I don't think that is completely regressive. I'm going to go out on a limb and say it is a social good that we should fund. It is not a bottom of the cliff thing, but like ECE will create a number of benefits.
Sure not everyone wants to go into the professions, but most professions require qualifications and are gate kept through a degree minimum.
28 degrees at 3am in Manilla.