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What about the employees who sacrificed to pay these loans off early? Will they get a rebate? They should have waited, paid the minimum payments, then the American taxpayers would pay off their old loans after 10 years.

This starts a bad precedent. Now those who graduate just need to wait it out for 10 years, then they can get the American taxpayers to pay off their old school loans. There is really not much of an financial incentive to pay off your loans early. In fact, it makes sense financially to wait.

[AuntB]

What about the employees who sacrificed to pay these loans off early? Will they get a rebate?

The government is all about rewarding nare do wells. The guy who does what he should gets zip. This really stinks. Fed employees are already making more and getting more benefits than any one in the private sector, and then it takes an act of God to get rid of on of them. But gotta keep those worthless employees the sheep they are!