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To extend student loans we must reduce student debt : Comments

By Andrew Norton, published 11/4/2014

The main beneficiaries of the HELP deceased estate write-off are likely to be the adult children of HELP debtors.

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If the score required to enter a university was increased to some more realistic level, the number of students who start a university course and then drop out in the first year because they find it too hard, would also increase. The end result would be less students getting HECS loans.

David
Posted by VK3AUU, Friday, 11 April 2014 9:58:04 AM
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I completely agree with the suggestion that HELP debt should be recovered from deceased estates. I think that there is also scope to take spouse incomes into consideration when determining HELP repayments.
Posted by Bren, Friday, 11 April 2014 4:55:52 PM
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...What this article ignores (of course), is the inflated price of higher education: There lies a whole new subject which Governments need urgently to address.

...The elimination of “Mickey Mouse” courses in Universities, would address the imbalance of student loans easily. (The TAFE system is plagued with them): It is useless education!

...A requirement to pay from the outset, the interest component of the loan, has commercial imperative! What we observe here is a debt “Bubble” created by Government intervention in the market!

...The debt “Bubble” is comparable to the negative interventionist distortion observed in the real estate market which drives housing costs, and subsequently home ownership, out of reach of the general population!
Posted by diver dan, Sunday, 13 April 2014 10:08:17 AM
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