re: It is criminal how you can't claim Student Loan interest on tax but can Mortgage

You can't deduct credit card interest either but you don't seem to be crying about that.

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Instead, he's asking a very legitimate question as to why he should be taxed on interest paid to the government for student loans.

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Again, the interest is deductible as an income adjustment, subject to income phaseouts.

In comparison to other deductions and credits, these phaseouts are incredibly common. I don’t see how pointing to the deduction of mortgage interest makes any sort of point. The “yeah buts” are actually very valid points.

The US government “profits” by me working more, but if I work too much, I don’t get a credit on my kids before/after/daycare. There is no need to go one by one through tax deductions, they aren’t designed to be particularly fair or equal, they are more designed to influence behaviors.

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Does the US government profit from credit card interest?

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I doubt it “profits” from student loan interest, especially not more than massive consumer spending on credit cards.

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Interesting commentary from the “all taxes are bad and that’s why I support tax free tips” crowd

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Agreed, it's almost like they view tax deductions from government rubber stamp loans that they're on the hook for different from actual taxes paid on actual labor.