This is an interesting article by the Wall Street Journal about debt collectors trying and actually garnishing exempt funds like SSI and retirement.
(If the link doesn't work, Copy and paste the url in your browser search area (right click and click on properties to get complete address).



The debt collector vs. the widow (http://www.ocala.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070506/BUSINESS/205060339/1368/googlesitemapnews)

Thanks, Bren, the hotlink worked fine.

Another good example of how out of control the banking and credit community has gotten thanks to 27 years of Reaganomics turning free enterprise completely loose with out adequate government constraints to control the unbridled larceny of uncontrolled greed!