The Trump administration walked away Wednesday from its legal fight to overhaul a student loan forgiveness program, leaving working taxpayers subsidizing debt cancellation for public-service employees — including those at organizations that aid illegal immigrants and promote transgender youth programs.
The Public Service Loan Forgiveness program cancels remaining federal student debt for borrowers who work qualifying government or nonprofit jobs after ten years of payments. More than 1 million Americans have had loans wiped out through PSLF. That's a billion-dollar transfer from taxpayers — many of whom never went to college or already paid their own way — to degree holders who chose public-sector employment.
Last fall, the Trump administration tried to put guardrails on the program. Education Secretary Linda McMahon authored a rule letting her kick employers out of PSLF if she determined their work served a
