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Student debt is a generational injustice. Why are we squeezing graduates harder than the super-rich?

学生债务是一种代际不公。为什么我们对毕业生的压力比对超级富豪还要大?

Demonstrators gather in Parliament Square, London, for a march against student university fees in 2014.

Demonstrators gather in Parliament Square, London, for a march against student university fees in 2014.

2026-02-16  1145  困难
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Student loan repayments of up to 9% means some of these so-called Plan 2 graduates face effective marginal tax rates of 49% or more, in England and Wales, where even the super-rich pay only 45%. It’s a generational injustice that rankles: why are young people being squeezed proportionately harder in some cases than their bosses? Isn’t it tough enough already to save up for a first flat, or start a family, without hanging yet more millstones round their necks?

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