<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/4510d31b-43b1-4f15-be4e-c6e9b3011f55/55586203-9EEE-4C89-AB21-A7BF72EAC366/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://unsilentgeneration.com/2009/04/28/credit-card-companies-stealing-social-security-payments/" href="http://unsilentgeneration.com/2009/04/28/credit-card-companies-stealing-social-security-payments/" style="font-size: 11px;">unsilentgeneration.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://unsilentgeneration.com/2009/04/28/credit-card-companies-stealing-social-security-payments/"><P>Holes are appearing every day in our so-called safety net, as state and local governments, in particular, are forced to cut back on public programs. But even amidst all the budget cutting, most elders and disabled people probably feel that their monthly Social Security checks are something they can count on. Having escaped attempts at privatization under Bush, Social Security might appear secure, at least in the short term.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://unsilentgeneration.com/2009/04/28/credit-card-companies-stealing-social-security-payments/"><P>Maybe not. As <A href="http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=0fcf6a50390e387292b04188fa8f834e">New America Media</A>* reports, debt collectors for credit card companies and other creditors are  now going after Social Security payments, which are supposed to be exempt from garnishment in such situations. Their tactics include freezing the bank accounts into which a beneficiary’s Social Security checks are direct-deposited. When this happens, often without warning, old and disabled people find themselve<IMG height="167" width="157" alt="robber_011" src="http://unsilentgeneration.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/robber_011.jpg?w=157&h=167" title="robber_011" class="alignright size-full wp-image-806" /> suddenly without the resources to buy food and medicine, which can trigger a desperate medical crisis.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/55586203-9EEE-4C89-AB21-A7BF72EAC366/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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