Feds Dock Social Security

Mind boggling, isn't it.

http://www.smartmoney.com/borrow/studen ... 292084111/

It's no secret that falling behind on student loan payments can squash a borrower's hopes of building savings, buying a home or even finding work. Now, thousands of retirees are learning that defaulting on student-debt can threaten something that used to be untouchable: their Social Security benefits.

According to government data, compiled by the Treasury Department at the request of SmartMoney.com, the federal government is withholding money from a rapidly growing number of Social Security recipients who have fallen behind on federal student loans. From January through August 6, the government reduced the size of roughly 115,000 retirees' Social Security checks on those grounds. That's nearly double the pace of the department's enforcement in 2011;

Interesting. Just shows how Uncle Sam always gets his money.
Too bad a lot of citizens probably didn't understand what they were signing, much like the subprime and teaser variable mortgages? Where is the outrage against "Big Treasury" stealing Grandpa's SS check?