I owe $40,000 to the IRS for back taxes from 2000-2003. $4,600 to a valid creditor that recently sued for and won wage garnishment effective Jan 1 2006. A host of other debts from various past creditors totaling appx $3,000. And recently owe $1,800 total base value to paycheck advance companies. I had to close my checking account because I could no longer pay the payday advance companies with the new wage garnishment. I had started using payday companies in May of 2005 and have been paying a good portion of my take home pay to these sharks since then.
How did this happen?