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To: Petrol who wrote (26543)	12/15/2001 4:55:21 PM
From: DrGrabow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 59879

There have been numerous occasions when 'unauthorized' institutions asked for my SSN, such as the electric company. On two occasions, when I refused to give it to them, they became annoyed, then angry until they finally hung up on me. I still got service. I mean, what business is it of theirs to have my SSN? If they want to run a credit check they could always get in touch with companies I had dealt with. Why do schools ask for your SSN when taking a standardized tests? I kept my sons SSN secret from everyone especially schools. Finally, they just gave him a number other than his SSN. How hard was that? Everyone asks for your social security number these days. It used to be that it was unlawful to deny you ANY service if you refused to give out your SSN. The only ones allowed to ask for it were your employer (taxes), bank (taxes) and, of course, the IRS. Apparently, the laws have changed, much to my consternation. I wrote to the IRS a year ago about this change in policy and they wrote back saying, whatugointodoaboutit? You can now be denied service for not giving out your social security number. Now, what does my local video store want with my SSN? DMV now requires you to give them your SSN in order to get a license. In N.C. their excuse was to catch dead-beat dads. What, they couldn't use the driver's license number? I guess they couldn't catch deadbeat dads before the law was passed? Pity the residents who live in states that use social security numbers as driver's license numbers. How easy is that for thieves. Obviously, your SSN is your national ID number. It's used for everything; credit reports, law enforcement records, banking records, etc. ONe of the problems I have is that the government requires you to have a SSN (from birth) but they'll hardly help you when your identity is stolen. It's basically YOUR PROBLEM. Let's quit the charade. The U.S. Government should just confirm that your Social Security Number is in fact your national identification number and be done with it. Hell, it already is. ssa.gov