from
clarkhoward.com:
Work for the feds and work off student loan debt! - November 3, 2003
Let’s say you have a lot of student loans and you want to get rid of them. The federal government is here to help. That’s right, the U.S. Congress has passed a bill that will forgive you your student loan debt up to $10,000 per year and $60,000 over your career if you will go to work with the federal government. When people take on a lot of student loan debt, they can’t consider jobs that don’t pay well because of the huge burden student loan debt places on them. So, to encourage people to consider a federal job, the government is offering to forgive most or all of your debt. Congress raised the maximum to $60,000 because different jobs will offer varying amounts of “forgiveness.” Federal agencies will compete for the best workers, and it hopefully will drive up the amount offered for all jobs. If you’ve thought about becoming a teacher, but you are concerned about paying off your student loan debt, the U.S. Department of Education has its own forgiveness program. There are eligible schools all around the country. And for every year you teach, a portion of your student loan debt is chipped away.
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then again, alot of these jobs require teachin in the ghetto, etc. I wonder if this applies to grad school loans.