# Social Secuity Question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-secuity-question/252408>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 27, 2004, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-secuity-question/252408 "2004-06-27T16:21:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2004, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-secuity-question/252408/1 "2004-06-27T16:21:33Z")

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I’m very late on some credit card payments. Can my creditiors touch my Social Security in any way? It’s all I have to live on.

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2004, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-secuity-question/252408/2 "2004-06-27T16:28:52Z")

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[Probably not](http://www.illinoislawhelp.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.dsp_content&contentID=2501).

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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2004, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-secuity-question/252408/3 "2004-06-27T19:02:15Z")

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Absolutely not.

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2004, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-secuity-question/252408/4 "2004-06-27T19:47:56Z")

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Have you considered Chapter 7?