It's easy to think of student debt as a young person's problem. The reality is that many older people end up with student loans because they either defer their payments repeatedly or take on new debt later in life to finance their kids' education. Just as you risk having your Social Security income garnished due to not paying your taxes, so too can those benefits be garnished if you fall behind on your federal student loan payments.
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