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....so, an employed work force with pay and benefits ( even aside from this and the incalculable benefit of job tenure ) on par with the private sector gets their student loans paid...at our expense?
Sorry, let hem take their chances like the rest of us.
Federal workers get millions in student loan relief
Congress may let student loan interest rates double July 1, but some federal workers and congressional staff likely are protected from the impact by a taxpayer-funded benefit that provided more than $20 million last year for them to pay down their college debts.
Congress created the benefit more than 10 years ago to make government jobs more appealing to job candidates who could get higher-paying jobs in the private sector. Meanwhile, a 2007 law that cut student loan interest rates in half will expire July 1, and Congress has been unable to reach a deal to extend it.
A review of congressional spending records by USA TODAY and the non-profit Sunlight Foundation, a watchdog group, showed that the House of Representatives spent almost $15 million last year to pay down staffers' student loans, while the Senate spent almost $6 million. Members of Congress are not eligible for the program.
Federal agencies which provide more detailed information spent about $72 million in 2011, the last year for which data are available, to pay down student loans for 10,134 federal workers.
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Taxpayers pay millions for fed workers' student loans
Sorry, let hem take their chances like the rest of us.
Federal workers get millions in student loan relief
Congress may let student loan interest rates double July 1, but some federal workers and congressional staff likely are protected from the impact by a taxpayer-funded benefit that provided more than $20 million last year for them to pay down their college debts.
Congress created the benefit more than 10 years ago to make government jobs more appealing to job candidates who could get higher-paying jobs in the private sector. Meanwhile, a 2007 law that cut student loan interest rates in half will expire July 1, and Congress has been unable to reach a deal to extend it.
A review of congressional spending records by USA TODAY and the non-profit Sunlight Foundation, a watchdog group, showed that the House of Representatives spent almost $15 million last year to pay down staffers' student loans, while the Senate spent almost $6 million. Members of Congress are not eligible for the program.
Federal agencies which provide more detailed information spent about $72 million in 2011, the last year for which data are available, to pay down student loans for 10,134 federal workers.
more at
Taxpayers pay millions for fed workers' student loans
boo fucking hoo ......the private sector has been getting it up the wazoo for 5 years, so you're all pissy now about the Feds not hiring? tough shit. 
