Make 'em pay

I am concerned at the quibbling over overseas student fees, these students are using facilities provided by the New Zealand taxpayer, picking the brains of staff members and in some cases filling roles of restricted schools, e.g. Architecture, Medicine and Pharmacy, why shouldn't they pay for the privilege?

If their government is so senseless it cannot see that in future it requires graduates for the basis of a productive and stable economy [unclear: an] therefore purposely mitigate opportunities [unclear: fo] higher education then it is on their own [unclear: head] and the New Zealand Government should [unclear: no] be crossed with the burden. Foreign Aid? [unclear: t] majority of overseas students are better [unclear: off] nancially than we are and in the present [unclear: eco] mic climate New Zealand is not in any [unclear: positi] to help anybody. We could use a little of [unclear: that] aid here.

It is a-New Zealander's right to have an [unclear: E] cation in New Zealand and it is a privilege [unclear: to] foreigner.