I love this idea as so many in the field (social workers, non-profit staff) make very little money. Having some/all of their loans forgiven should lift quite the burden. Now, take care of educators next (because the PSLF program is completely fucked).

Why is the PSLF program fucked?

Loads of red tape, difficult to get any clarity, very time consuming, and often tedious, process.

It's really not though. My wife and I are doing it. I'm about 8 years in. Loans have to be public and you either work for government or not for profit and make 120 qualifying payments and it's forgiven tax free. I personally know a coworker who finished the program.

That’s awesome for you. Not being sarcastic. For me, it’s been a different story. I’m a public school teacher and I’m not having the same success.

Well if your loans are public then you shouldn't have a problem. Public school teacher 100% qualifies. Seriously it can be a life saver. Look into it again.

Try this FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pslfprogramsupport/?ref=share&mibextid=S66gvF

Thank you. Might have to rejoin FB to use this group.

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My wife is 7 years in, and it hasn't been too bad, other than one issue when the servicing company changed. In doing so, they reset the number of payments she'd made to zero, which was not correct. We filed an appeal, waited three months only to be told that no, zero was correct, despite our mountains of evidence that we'd made payments.

Called our congressmans constituent services office. A week later, payments reset properly.