Legal Article
- Garnish Wages or Write a New Tax? Is There Really a Difference?
On a TV talk show on Feb. 3 Sen. Clinton said “going after people’s wages, automatic enrollment’’ may be a way she would pay for her universal health care plan. The question specifically referred to garnishing a person’s wages and not about a new tax. In the larger picture whether it is a tax or a wage garnishment may be political symbolism to some but to others it is a legal issue because it raises constitutional issues. Garnishment A wage garnishment order forces the defendant’s employer, the garnishee, to collect a set amount of money from the defendant’s paycheck and send that money directly to the plaintiff. In … more
