The government should NOT be making money off of federal student loans. In 2013 the government made $50 billion off of student loan interest. Today the average interest rate is 7% while recipients of government bail outs receive interest rates closer to 3%. In order to encourage innovation the government should offer their loans at an interest rate that will not cripple the graduating student. After graduating with $150,000 in loans, the governmental recommendation, in order to pay the loans off, is to work a job that pays $256,000 a year. Finding a job is hard enough in this economy let alone an entry level job that pays a quarter of a million.



