Comments by "" (@lonevoice) on "Getting rid of the tax anomalies" video.

Health and education are two of the most costly areas of government expenditure. The student loan system was dreamt up as a means to reduce the costs of tertiary education, by why pick on that one and not health? We have an aging population and know that health costs are increasing rapidly, particularly for the elderly as new and more sophisticated treatments become available, so why aren't the young asking why pick on them and not the elderly? I can imagine an equivalent loan system being applied say to the over 60s whereby expensive hospital treatments have to be paid for through a loan system. The loan would then be repaid in full from their estate upon their eventual death or be written off at that stage. If we are not prepared to accept medical loans for the elderly why do we accept student loans for the young?
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