Stop the Cuts - National Demonstration

I think you're tilting at a straw man here . . .

I can't see the straw man in what I wrote, but would be happy for you to point it out to me, I think you might be misunderstanding what I am saying.

but I'm less concerned about that than the implication that it's always better for the student to pay for their own education than have the state pay for it.

Not sure anyone on this thread has said it's always better for the student to pay for their own education than have the state (taxation of the working man) pay for it ?

I certainly haven't.

Where do we stop with this line of argument.

It's not a line of argument as such, I am just pointing out that the idea of a 'free' education tends to be banded around as if such a thing exists - you either pay for it yourself or the working man is taxed to pay for it - the only argument I can see for the use of the term 'free' higher education is perhaps some form of the 'free at the point of delivery' mantra.

some other stuff about a Sun-congenial line of reasoning

Great stuff.