As the Trump administration resumes collections on defaulted student loans, hundreds of thousands of older Americans with decades-old debts are now at risk of having their Social Security checks garnished.

As the Trump administration resumes collections on defaulted student loans, a surprising population has been caught in the crosshairs: Hundreds of thousands of older Americans whose decades-old debts now put them at risk of having their Social Security checks garnished.

  • teft
    41•6 days ago

    Isn’t the whole point of social security to prevent older people from starving to death or living in a box?

    If those social security wages can be garnished that kind of defeats the purpose of it being a safety net.