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Predators — Bug Off! Debtors Can’t Pay!
Old debts, sold for pennies on the dollar, being used to harass the defenseless.
Back off, Bub! You’re putting unnecessary hurt on a friend of mine. She’s been through enough, including years of homelessness as she tried to raise her daughters without support from their fathers. Get your hands off her stimulus check!
“Gloria” messaged me in total fear after seeing this half-assed “article” about stimulus checks being garnished. She and her daughters have lived through years of austerity that would make these two-bit lawyer-debt collectors splutter like a clump of lard dropped in a hot frying pan. The teaser article she sent stated,
“New $1,400 stimulus checks are poised to get final approval from Washington leaders. Because those payments are included in a process called budget reconciliation, they are not protected from garnishment for unpaid debts.”
“Because they can” is the best explanation for the unbridled debt collection industry. For the past year, they’ve been mostly put on hold because of the pandemic, but as we turn the corner on this weirdest year ever, the debt collector cobwebs are being wiped off, harassment unleashed with vengeance. Anyone with an unpaid debt risks pretty horrible consequences, and will be fed plenty of damning…
