Will having less students studying at University due to rising fees break the backbone of our future society?

Will less students studying at University due to rising fees break the backbone of our future society? 

When the news is on, it seems to be constantly about cuts and deficit and how the country is planning to deal with it- but can we? 


Now, I'm no expert, but David Cameron and his Lib Dems appear to be scrambling for anything, anywhere to find somewhere to save a few million (be it the NHS or free cheese)- but isn't the whole point of recovering from a recession ensuring it never happens again? This Weimar Germany-style approach to the future, making as many short-term fixes as possible to sustain the maximum level of votes doesn't bode well. Never mind students, we may well have a Neo-Nazi uprising on our hands.

Yes, making students pay triple the current rate for their further education will save millions- but how does this actually help? Surely, getting the maximum amount of students through University and in to jobs, where they will actually begin to financially contribute to society makes more sense than leaving thousands of students with thousands of pounds in lifelong debt; placing a further financial burden on society. But, maybe that's just me.

 Worse still, in classic Conservative fashion,the move predominately benefits the rich of our free society. But,of course, in honour of political correctness they have shoved in a claim to help the poorest of families, to subdue the media and anarchists alike. But where does this leave the millions of families who earn too much to claim help, but earn too little to cope with the financial burden of sending their children to University? People say the class system is dead, but why is it that the living standards of the average earner has become a no man's land, where no Tory cares nor dares to explore (for fear of damaging his spotless suit and already not so spotless reputation).

Maybe limiting the amount of students allowed in to Universities each year would be a positive thing. But, surely, University places should be allocated on intelligence and potential rather than the size of a parent's pay slip.