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So you don't like pensioners. :(

Maybe our friends are being friendly?

Our Chinese friends call us "White eyes".

The Greek and Chinese communities I have seen work this way and it seems to work. I have no doubt your parents will be repaid many times over which is why I thought the earlier post was out of order. I have seen the benefits of close knit extended families and reckon they rock. :D

That question is out of order, surely?

I must have misread you, sorry. We seem to agree that HECS is neither good nor bad, merely an option. To use it to get an education and then whinge about paying it back is hypocritical. If you don't want a debt, don't borrow. Just don't expect us oldies (Uni was simply beyond our reach) to...

Your attitude is great Weg if you believe in the nuclear family. :o There are other "minority" groups in Aus who work this way and it works well for them. These are communities who, culturally, know there is no free lunch. You seem to be advocating a free uni education, with the graduate...

My Dad fought in the 3rd Battle of Ypres, his young wife died in childbirth during the depression and then he still had to endure the second war. No one here would approve of his attitude towards money but I would hope you could understand it without being critical. :)

HECS is an "optional" debt. When I was Uni age, the option didn't exist! If you didn't have a rich Daddy, you didn't go. No ifs, no buts. If you think this was a bit tough on the brainy guys, think how tough it was on the brainy gals. Rare was the Dad who was willing to pay for the education of...

Cost of living has dropped, as you say. What we have is a case of: Your expenditure always rises to exceed your income.

There was clearly an "us and them mentality" in the OP mixed with a little smug superiority.