Sentences with phrase «progressive graduate tax»

Nick Clegg speaking on LBC on Thursday said the fees system is proving to be much fairer than people predicted at the time, adding it would have saved him a lot of heartache if the system had been called a very progressive graduate tax.

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Using differential interest rates rising with earnings as a means of providing for a more progressive system is less fair than a graduate tax, a graduate contribution or general taxation because those from wealthy backgrounds will have smaller debts as their families can afford to pay up front.

Using differential interest rates rising with earnings is less progressive and less fair than a graduate tax, a graduate contribution or general taxation because those from wealthy backgrounds will have smaller debts if their families can afford to pay up front or soon after graduation.

Mr Cable was setting out a more «progressive» system of funding that includes proposals for a so - called «graduate tax».