Unfit To Govern

Business Secretary Vince Cable seems determined to tax graduates out of existence with his recent announcement that this tax is inevitable.

Has he done his homework I wonder?

I was the product of a fully state funded degree education in the 70’s and as a result have been lucky enough to secure relatively well paid work ever since. The result is that I have more than repaid my debt to the state with higher tax payments.

This is an incredibly short sighted view that I am happy to share with journalists from at least 2 of the countries leading daily newspapers;

The Guardian’s article – ‘Graduate tax is not the only choice.’

by Sirena Bergman, guardian.co.uk, Monday 19 July 2010

… and …

The Telegraph’s article – ‘Vince Cable’s brainless way to pay for universities‘

By Simon Heffer Published: 6:00PM BST 16 Jul 2010

Now there are other journalists who belive this proposed tax is not ‘double taxing’ the graduate. These people are falling into the trap of believing that the student/graduate is the sole beneficiary so must pay.

So I call on Vince Cable to do his homework and find an alternative method to fund this most important investment in our country’s future and to stop regarding them as easy targets.