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[pimpdarlin]

We support you & I believe most British people do & your courage & dignity show up the police as uniformed thugs.

Time for the British people to take the power back from the rent boy politicians & their bankster sugar daddies.

STOP PAYING TAXES THAT PAY FOR OUR ENSLAVEMENT.

Support the students because they are just the first to pay for the bank robbery, I mean bailouts.

Power to the people. Shame on the police.

[conor2020]

I whole heartedly support your occupation, it's good to see people standing up for what they believe in. It's even better when it's those who won't be affected by the changes but still show such courage, commitment and will.

I'm still saddened by the number of people who believe that because this measure of austerity doesn't affect them directly they should not do anything. My message to them is who will be left when they come for you?

Much love to all of you wonderful people :)

[TomBardacky]

@GenBanks Yea, I live in the US and unless you get financial aid you're pretty much gona be in debt forever. I should should study abroad in Britain. Got a room for me? I'll help the Occupation.

[smartverity]

@LunarMovements Well then you may as well be describing me, because I did just that. During me degree I still had to have a student loan, worked part time and stayed on at uni till eight most evenings. So my statement remains the same. With a fee hike and the real cost of living in UK this is going to divide further who gets to have a higher education

[LunarMovements]

@smartverity (continued) This strategy has paid off for some people in the past. However, with the economy in the condition it is in now, millions of well-educated Americans have only minimum wage jobs, or none at all, and no means of paying off their school loans. The situtation is insufferable and I do not hold it up as a model of how things should be, but as a warning of how bad they can get. Students in the UK who are protesting tuition hikes have my full support. The alternatives are bleak.

[LunarMovements]

@smartverity I completely agree with the last 2 sentences in your comment. However, not the first. I know too many people who are NOT rich and NOT elite who have paid this kind of tuition. They go deep into debt. They work 2, sometimes 3 jobs, while still going to school full time. They do this hoping that the degree they are getting will enable them to both pay off school loans and improve their socio-economic status. They aren't elite at all. They are working class people trying to get ahead.

[smartverity]

@LunarMovements What you're outlining still makes education an option only for the rich and elite. It should be means tested and in the case of the very poor fees should be waived altogether. EVERYONE should have a chance at higher education to improve their set of skills REGARDLESS of socio-economic background.

[hellyngoo]

Excellent positive protest well done!

[LunarMovements]

@GenBanks I understand what you're saying, but I want to make it clear that the overwhelming majority of US students don't/can't/would-never-in-a-m­illion-years-be-able-to pay $50,000 a year for a college education. The sum you are quoting is for a very elite education which is well beyond the means of most students. A more realistic picture would be one that shows a range between $9000 to $35,000 a year. Still expensive. Still leaving the new graduate deep in debt. Still something to be avoided.

[TheDanielnobody]

@89jjb and you clearly do not grasp the meaning of the occupations or the protests do you?