Tag: Student Debt

HECS indexation increasing unaffordable student debt

Cost up quality down promises unfulfilled, You need a degree to work as a teller when once you needed 3rd form and it didn’t leave you in debt. Some people have x3 dergrees do they have x3 HECS debts and no jobs?

The recent indexation of HECS fees at 7.1% is adding to students’ debt at a time of a cost of living crisis for young people, writes Rowan Bosman.

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How to Work Hard, Live Frugally, and Still Have $71,000 in Student Debt

Critics like to paint a picture of debtors as overeducated elites demanding a handout while idly snacking on $15 avocado toasts. But I’ve worked hard and lived modestly, and my debt is still haunting me — even after the White House’s partial cancellation.

How to Work Hard, Live Frugally, and Still Have $71,000 in Student Debt

Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community | Common Dreams

“Republicans revealing what they REALLY think about the working class,” said one progressive commentator.

Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community | Common Dreams