> The Department of Education issued the loans. They should be able to decide if they want to collect them. It's not the DoE's money, it's the taxpayers' money

> The Department of Education issued the loans. They should be able to decide if they want to collect them. It's not the DoE's money, it's the taxpayers' money. No, the DoE should not be able to unilaterally decide that it is no longer accountable for it. There is a proper channel for that sort of decision, one which (in theory, at least) includes the input of the taxpayers. It's called Congress.