But if there is a fairer alternative out there, its proponents will need to shout a lot more loudly to get themselves heard up there in the mountains.
It said: I pledge to vote against any increase in fees in the next parliament and to pressure the government to introduce a fairer alternative.
If you do crave a sportier feel, Lexus offers a fair alternative: a firmer sport suspension (no extra charge) and grippier tires on 17-inch wheels ($1,800 more).
In recent years, former students have laid claim to the buildings, which have been cleaned up and are now blooming with art studios, design fairs, alternative music events and pop-up restaurants.
Usage-based billing is seen by some as a fairer alternative to broadband caps, a term most closely associated with Comcast, which had been enforcing a limit of 250 gigabytes per Internet customer per month.
Most citizens support a democratic rise in the gas tax as a more fair alternative to Governor Corzine's peculiar idea of maintaining a few toll roads that are the equivalent of a "penalty box".
In the meantime we are calling for all major political parties to make the introduction of a fairer alternative to the Barnett Formula a cornerstone of their pre-election manifestos.
4.43pm: John Hemming, the Lib Dem MP for Birmingham Yardley, says that, like Cable, he signed the NUS pledge and that it committed MP to pressuring the government "to introduce a fairer alternative".
In November 2009, the NUS persuaded 400 Liberal Democrat candidates, including Clegg, to sign a pledge to vote against any increase in fees in the next parliament and to pressure the government to introduce a fairer alternative.
The New South Wales Coalition government led the charge for increasing the GST to help fund the shortfall in health funding, while the Victorian and Queensland Labor governments suggested the Medicare levy as a fairer alternative.
The government-backed My Home Finance was introduced to provide an affordable and fair alternative for borrowers who would normally be forced to borrow from doorstep and payday lenders.
