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"£77 my A****"

What a stupid idea, why the hell should i have to pay £77, get my finger printed and my retina scanned for a card that will make feck all difference. Stop terrorism? Do passports stop terrorism?

What a damn waste of money.

*Seethes*

Bane wrote:
> As will the UK once the system is in place, provided you apply before
> the age of 16. The costs quoted are to help cover the £3bn
> delivery costs of putting the system live, and creating the
> infrastructure to utilise it properly.
>
> I earn £35 in just over 2 hours chatting on these forums, so
> you can see why I'm not overly bothered about the cost.

Well look whos Mr/Mrs rich

Hardly, I rent a flat in surrey, meaning I have to work up £400 for my half of the rent every month. That's before I getted ripped off for bills like Council tax, and my student loan repayments.

Life is tough, but £35 is still an insignificant sum.

getted?

*looks at fingers*

Why?

Bane wrote:
> my student loan repayments.

Those people are remorseless vampires. It sounded like such a good idea at the time: free money. If only I had looked up 'loan' in the dictionary.

Im going to invest my loan in the stock market, i could either end up burnt or fabulously rich.

I wonder which it will be...

Heh, if you genuinely don't need a loan, just stick the whole lot in an ISA or other high interest account. The loan interest rate is barely higher than inflation, so you can practically guarantee that you'll make some money. When the time comes to pay off the loans, take all the money out of the high yield account and pay it off in one lump sum, leaving you with the difference.

Also, apply for loads of credit cards with "6 months interest free", shove the balance limit into savings for 6 months then transfer back.

Banks are assholes, so be gay and screw them a little.

I would do that, but i have to take the money out of the ISA before i apply for a new loan the following year, so that i can get a higher loan amount.

Bane wrote:
> £(except for nuder 16s....

I see...

Moving on.

I read it was £77 on Guardian Online.

AliBoy wrote:
> £77 I think was for both a passport and an ID card.

Bane wrote:

> What do you seriously believe the information will be used for? To
> eye you up, and watch you play with lego in your bedroom?

I agree that the positive sides to this scheme are very worthy. But the negatives can't be dismissed as easily as that. Will the government spy on you? No, they won't. But will they ensure that life is made difficult for people who oppose them? That I'm less sure of; look at Dubya's Junior Totalitarianism in America. It doesn't inspire confidence.

Personally, I haven't made up my mind whether it's a good or bad idea as I simply don't have enough background knowledge on this one.