Exempt income is income that you need for basic necessities--food, medicine, rent--and income that, like Social Security, other forms of pension, public benefits, and certain amounts of wages, are exempt from collectors, because we don't believe that people should have to starve because they are in debt.
Pressley explains the importance of protecting essential income from debt collectors.
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