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niemandhier an hour ago

There is the idea floating around in Europe, to nullify people’s student debts if they have children.

So two kids during university would mean even the measly amount you have to pay back for an European subsided degree would be gone.

I do hope that will be put into effect.

I also believe that this will be better for gender equality than all the other measures taken so far.

I was in too many meetings, where the CV of a young woman was critically evaluated for her propensity to get pregnant as soon as the probationary period was over.

pjc50 18 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

> was in too many meetings, where the CV of a young woman was critically evaluated for her propensity to get pregnant as soon as the probationary period was over

When was this? In much of Europe that's been illegal employment discrimination for decades. But I suppose employers are less worried if they can be confident that it's unlikely that any of their employees will have children.

hobo_mark an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

What are these European student debts you speak of, outside of the UK (which emphatically does not want to be considered part of Europe)?

niemandhier 44 minutes ago | parent [-]

In Germany the government pays your university time. You get about 800€ per month for housing and basic needs. At least if your family is not too well off.

50% of this have to be paid back, free of interest and capped at 10k€. That is not much, but keep in mind that we earn much less than Americans and have much higher taxes.

magicalhippo 5 minutes ago | parent [-]

Similar in Norway. Except you have to pass exams to get part of it written off, if not you have to pay back 100%.