Are your wages garnished thanks to a past due debt?

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Wages garnished are used to repay debts. Wage garnishment is a judgment by the court making it mandatory that a portion of your income be applied to your debt balance. More than 90% of people who are sued by creditors simply do nothing. Of course, this is probably the worst thing you can do when faced with a judgement. Often…

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Retiring with student loan debt.

Retired Americans still have student loan debt

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Let’s cut right to the chase; an alarming number of Americans are carrying debt into retirement, including student loan debt. According to the Federal Reserve, Americans over the age of 50 owed more than $260 billion in student loans in 2018. What’s the average debt of retired Americans today? The biggest threat to retiring Americans today may not be saving…

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