Can't blame Obama for this one, I'm afarid. The program to pay off student loan debt of bureaucrats began in 2002 under Bush.In 2007, 6,600 federal employees had you to thank for getting them out from under their student loan debt. This, despite the fact that the original rationale used by the Bush administration for the program - top professionals were scarce and the program was a needed incentive - has disappeared.Elizabeth Williamson of the Wall Street Journal has the details:Any agency employee who isn't a political appointee is eligible to have federally insured student loans repaid under the program. Because the repayments are considered a recruitment or retention incentive, agency managers determine who receives the perk and how much is repaid. The decisions are guided by a plan that each agency must have in place.Carol Sladek, head of the work-life consulting practice at Hewitt Associates, a human-resources consulting company in Lincolnshire, Ill., called student-loan...(Read Full Post)