I talked to a guy this morning in this program. He’s a psychologist working with (deeply disturbed) poor kids. His $50,000 debt will be forgiven if he works in this program 10 years. But his job is with a private contractor who works for the state. But apparently his low pay (due to this benefit) makes it public service. Color me confused how somebody working on the cheap for a private contractor is performing public service.
If he is willing to work for low pay for 10 years to avoid a $50k bill when he is a practicing and licensed psychologist, then he seems incapable of making it in the private sector.