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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: Spouses and Caregivers => Topic started by: Darthvadar on December 10, 2010, 10:48:18 AM
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On The 5.30, TV3 news....
At a Carers Protest against the Budget Cuts....
Click the link.... http://www.tv3.ie/news.php?video=30264&locID=1.2.141
Darth.....
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Cheers for you, our own celebrity!!! :clap;
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Wow Darthie...you are the greatest. I may need an autograph if you all keep on going...and I hope you do!!!! :cuddle;
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The media likes you, Darth. This could be the start of something big!
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So when are you hiring a PR agent? :-*
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I have a question about the protests. Over here (USA) 15 thousand a year for University is cheap!! So, why all the uproar?
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I have a question about the protests. Over here (USA) 15 thousand a year for University is cheap!! So, why all the uproar?
I think you're thinking of the UK, Rerun, I'm in Ireland...
Thanks for the support, Folks...
Wouldn't like to be doing anything illegal... Would be spotted!!!!....
Love to all...
Darth...
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Oh, that's right. Sorry!
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I have a question about the protests. Over here (USA) 15 thousand a year for University is cheap!! So, why all the uproar?
When I was at uni (1992 - 1997) we didn't have to part-pay our tuition at all; it was completely funded. On top of that I also received a grant every year which covered my rent, my living expenses and my social life. Not everybody received a grant; it was means-tested. Whilst I was at uni it started changing ... grants began to be replaced by Student Loans and more recently students had to start paying towards their own tuition fees and from 2012 this is going up to 9,000 pounds a year.
This means that a lot of them will leave university thousands of pounds in debt (estimates vary, but go up to about 40 - 50 thousand) and will spend a lot of their future income paying back their debts over many years. They're not happy about it.
Compared to America it probably is cheap but because it hasn't been the norm here there's been little opportunity to save up for a more debt free university experience and it's the debt issue that's causing the uproar. The argument that education should (still) be free (a right rather than a privilege) has also cropped up.
Hope that helps!
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Oh, and yay! Darth. The camera loves you!
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:2thumbsup; Keep up the good work Darth!
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Good luck, Darth!
You certainly give the politicians something to think about!
Keep up the good work!
Best wishes from Kristina.
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Lovely to see you! :2thumbsup;