Selling the student blues

Selling on the student blues

It was about fifteen years ago;

A degree was free, and many did go.

The redbrick buildings paved the way

For a better life and higher pay.

They stayed at home if the money was tight

Oxbridge they sought, if they were bright.

The liberals promised to bring back the day

When the government made the public pay

To educate doctors – but no longer free.

They spoiled the trust, for you and me.

What could be worse than student debt?

20 grand for teachers, 40 a vet.

Now the government needs to cut more slack

The economy still needs a whip and a crack

It will sell the student debt to a bank

Who inherit the income and then they will crank

The interest up to the sky and away

What you study for now will cost more than they say.

So what is the lesson in this old mix

Be sure politicians are full of old tricks

They promise you much before you vote

But power corrupts and the same old stoat

Who gets your vote doesn’t really care

When you pay down the line for the degree you bear

Will you vote again for the party that lied

Or consider the other as more on your side?

For the doctors and teachers who hoped for much

It’s bad with the liberal-conservative touch

Our politicians seem only too keen

For power, prestige, and the taxing machine

Pay your debt off as soon as you can

Or failing that, you could ask the old man.