Stop the Cuts - National Demonstration

They are being asked to pay 18k for an education of that will - in most cases - see them in better / higher paid jobs, this is of course option, no one is making higher education / fee paying mandatory.

This sum will be paid back when and if the graduates can afford to do so, not immediately, perhaps not for many years, in some case never, and when or if they do cross the threshold of earnings the repayments will in no way be demanded in full, but rather paid off over time in smaller instalments.

Presumably you'd use the same arguement for charging someone for the cost of a (non fatal) operation that would increase their future earning potential? Make something up, an eye operation or something, that they didn't have to have but was provided on the NHS and which improves their lives (and "society's" by allowing them to do a better job, pay more taxes, claim less benefits etc).

Should they pay for that, and should I object to paying since I didn't get any immediate benefit from it?