Kathleen wrote:

> sf wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:41:01 -0700, Dan Abel > wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Frankly, garnishment doesn't work very well. The first response of
>>> an employer is often to fire the employee.
>>
>>
>> Why would that happen? It doesn't seem legal!
>
> Because people with serious issues in their financial lives frequently
> also have issues as employees. Transportation, attendance,
> attitude...


Nope, numerous studies have shown that this simply is not true...their is no
correlation between indebtiness and employee performance.

But that's the "mantra" the "powers-that-be" want the public to believe,
this issue has been in the news lately because of the increased use of
credit reports as a criteria for hiring, etc...


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Best
Greg