My 50 something sister in law has just enrolled in an Arts degree that she has absolutely no intention of using for anything else than her own self education.
Now I have no problem with that at all, except that I have just found out she is eligible for a HECS ( I think it is HELP now?). I asked if that meant she had changed her retirement plans (to pay the HECS debt) and she laughed and said. "No way..so I will die with a HECS debt. They don't take it from your estate.
Is this really true? Why the heck are we paying taxpayer dollars that will NEVER be recovered? Surely this sort of thing is what drives up Uni Course fees.
Now I have no problem with that at all, except that I have just found out she is eligible for a HECS ( I think it is HELP now?). I asked if that meant she had changed her retirement plans (to pay the HECS debt) and she laughed and said. "No way..so I will die with a HECS debt. They don't take it from your estate.
Is this really true? Why the heck are we paying taxpayer dollars that will NEVER be recovered? Surely this sort of thing is what drives up Uni Course fees.