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In reply to the discussion: Government withholds 84-year-old woman's social security, claims she owes for college [View all]Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)42. Sine 2008 there was a major increase of these
Elderly rip offs up till two years ago when the County Attorneys Office had to take action because of the News people exposing what the hell was really going on and it was Election Season.
It has not stopped rest assured,Stories do leak out. The Senior Community has always been ripe for financial abuse either by their own Relatives or Shyster Lawyers and corupt Social Service Persons.
This is all the result of the Privatization of Governmental Social Service Agencies and Federal Programs.
The other nasty is the Probate Judges,the wealthiest person in many a County Seat Town. Hey,when you steal a Families Estate and it is Legal,wow.
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Government withholds 84-year-old woman's social security, claims she owes for college [View all]
babylonsister
Mar 2019
OP
Find out the lady's ZIP code and use that to claim residence.Or the ZIP code of her Reps home office
Hekate
Mar 2019
#44
At 84 she probably doesn't have 5 years. This needs to go viral so her Representative
tblue37
Mar 2019
#19
SSI is a totally different thing from what this woman is up against.
PoindexterOglethorpe
Mar 2019
#51
At that age one doesn't need the stress of being falsely accused of crap like this....
George II
Mar 2019
#13
One of her grand children used her as a co signer on their student loan more than likely.
LiberalArkie
Mar 2019
#14
If that's the case it's their risk and loss: They should not allow the elderly to co-sign.
lindysalsagal
Mar 2019
#43
I received a similar letter recently, wrote back to them (actually to my State's treasurer,)
elleng
Mar 2019
#29
The 2005 bankruptcy bill made it impossible to discharge student loan debt, financial servitude for
yaesu
Mar 2019
#30
It's a horrific bill - which is why there will not be a Biden/Warren or Biden/Beto ticket
dalton99a
Mar 2019
#37
Her representatives need to make some calls and get this straightened out. Sounds like a SS # error.
Honeycombe8
Mar 2019
#52