AIBU to reconsider a long friendship over support for education tax?

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A close friend of over 15 years last night unashamedly said she supported the children’s education tax. To put this in context, she is godmother to my ds and has seen first hand what damage this has done to children and families as well as her own sister losing her job when the school closed. She had maybe drank too much and has apologised over text this morning, but I really can’t shake the feeling that I don’t want to be around her.
AIBU -try and move past it
YANBU -it’s run it’s time

And your households are both making way above the average, which is the missing fact here.

I used the link somebody posted and my household has a higher income than around 26% of the population.
So I'm afraid you're wrong.
Your heart doesn't have to bleed for us but you could at least be polite.

Yeah it’s true, even before the tax it was tough. We’re big earners but definitely had a smaller house, ten year old car etc to pay for it. It’s also a constant source of worry that you’d have to pull them out of school in the event of redundancy. We did have quite a few bursaries at our school, one of dds friends dad was a taxi driver and wife worked at Waitrose but I’d imagine that option is gone now at most schools

I mean, I can call chocolate cake "not fattening" and that makes me feel better about shoving it down my face but it doesn't mean it's actually true to call it that.

Then your guess would be wrong.

No not at the moment, and a lot of people don't, which was my point.

I have a child with an EHCP who is in a state school. I work part time in a low paying but flexible job around the hours she can manage in school. Just being able to go to school full time is a huge privilege to me, so forgive me if I have no sympathy for the parents who are pissing and moaning about the cost of something they are privileged enough to be able to choose in the first place.

Votes and spite. Where’s the improvement for state? But really your thread does the opposite of your intention because it’s such a handy kicking post.

Oh gosh I'm not invisible to you! I thought my posts were somehow hidden.

Exactly, they’re not to blame for anything. Teachers in full time education across the board.

What about the ordinary working people who can’t afford to send SEN children to private school.

I know, but I quite enjoy reading people tieing themselves in knots attempting defend the policy without saying why they really support it. Even though we all know.

Hopefully enough can to reduce pressure on the state option for people in this position.

I just thought it was useful for the discussion. Bringing up the legal challenge but not it's conclusion seems somewhat dishonest. Like you were trying to imply the challenge was ongoing

Really! Because if I remember rightly the bond market recovered after the Truss mini budget! The current issue is affecting multiple countries, eg inflation and oil pressures, over supply of debt, global bond sell off. However the budget is also raising concerns over rising national debt and strained public finances typically Labour policies.

So if you know this why would you say I am pushing a false narrative.

I really am so excited to learn what taxes you think don't create losers as well as winners.

You don't remember rightly, the truss budget caused the UK bond market issues at the time

Care to offer your guess? Why education and vocational training is only taxable between 5 and 18?

No I was simply trying to inform posters who could not seem to believe such a school might exist. I remembered the legal challenge and it seemed like the quickest way to highlight a group of these schools.

Gilt yields are way higher now than even the peak of Truss, they’re at a 30 year high.

Because mainstream education is available between 5 and 18. And it’s free. Once again, private education is a choice. It’s a service for which you pay, and as such subject to VAT.

What education tax is this?

Theres no education tax.

And this is relevant how ?

This makes no sense.

You can call it whatever you like but making stuff up doesn’t make it true.

Only to people have gilt.

But no guilt… being able to afford something 94% of the population cannot afford and still bitching about it,