[ThomasGokey]

Student debt is different. Because it is backed by the federal government there is no incentive for private lenders to sell defaulted debt. In fact they end up making even more money off of defaults. There are some student loans that are made outside of the federal government's system, and these can be bought and sold. These are usually made under highly predatory circumstances like for profit scam schools.

We are looking at other ways to forgive student debt. I don't know much about it yet so I shouldn't say anything. It might not pan out, but I'm looking into it.