Pando was measured and given statistical biggitude by University of Colorado ecology professor Michael Grant, who was listening to NPR one day and heard about the other so-called biggest living thing on Earth, and decided, no, that other one is too unlovely. We can do better, he thought.
Let's focus on the frightening loss of needed Social Security benefits from people now eligible for Social Security but with delinquent student loans. It used to be that the wisdom was Social Security benefits can't be garnished so that income was safe from creditors.According to the Department of Treasury's Financial Management Service data in 2000, only six people had their Social Security checks garnished for delinquent student loan debt.et's focus on the frightening loss of needed Social Security benefits from people now eligible for Social Security but with delinquent student loans. It used to be that the wisdom was Social Security benefits can't be garnished so that income was safe from creditors.
The Higher Education Act authorizes the Department of Education's guaranty agencies to garnish up to 10% of disposable earnings to repay defaulted federal student loans. Such withholding is also subject to the provisions of the federal wage garnishment law, but not state garnishment laws. Unless the total of all garnishments exceeds 25% of disposable earnings, questions regarding such garnishments should be referred to the agency initiating the withholding action.