For the latest business news and markets data, please visit CNN Business. The federal loan program was, after all, created to make college affordable for more Americans. Hillary Clinton’s campaign website says she will «significantly cut interest rates so the government never profits from college student loans. But the CBO also projects that it would keep making money each year over the next decade. That’s the official calculation that government budget analysts are required — by law — to use when estimating the cost of the federal loan program. But the CBO itself says there is a better way to calculate the money coming in and out of the loan program, which accounts for the risk that more students will fall behind or default on their loans than originally thought. So while the official estimate goes in the federal budget, the agency publishes both projections. By that measure, the loan program would result in a loss for Uncle Sam — and not an insignifi...