25th May 2006, 07:01 PM
To add my two pen'north...
The pensions issue is a bit of a red herring. I just got sent a stern letter from the government telling me the I could expect £133 a week as a pension unless I started to save. £133! Tax free and for no work! Sounds OK to me. But seriously, by the time I retire in 2050, I expect the sea levels to have risen, completely ruining the economy. And the ants will probably have taken over...
As for the tuition fee issue, I reckon in ten years or so, the number of people willing to be archaeologists will be tiny. We'll end up with most of the digging being done by unskilled labourers, probably Eastern European, and a tiny upper layer of managers who come from wealthy families.
The pensions issue is a bit of a red herring. I just got sent a stern letter from the government telling me the I could expect £133 a week as a pension unless I started to save. £133! Tax free and for no work! Sounds OK to me. But seriously, by the time I retire in 2050, I expect the sea levels to have risen, completely ruining the economy. And the ants will probably have taken over...
As for the tuition fee issue, I reckon in ten years or so, the number of people willing to be archaeologists will be tiny. We'll end up with most of the digging being done by unskilled labourers, probably Eastern European, and a tiny upper layer of managers who come from wealthy families.