Tweaking Social Security to Combat Fraud

Tweaking Social Security to Combat Fraud
Tim Mullen, 2008-02-13

Americans lost over 45 billion dollars in identity-related fraud in 2007. Reports are so commonplace that we've actually become de-sensitized to them. "200,000 victims reported..." "500,000 victims reported..." Even figures into the millions don't seem to faze us anymore. And that is a Bad Thing.

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Scott

wrong - just go back to the original intent 2008-02-21
Anonymous

I'm old enough to have a social security card that says
FOR SOCIAL SECURITY AND TAX PURPOSES - NOT FOR IDENTIFICATION
on the front. Instead of trying to secure SSNs or creating a whole new bureaucracy for maintaining and tracking who had what number when, just go back to where the SSN was used ONLY for social security purposes. We'd probably need a law forbidding the use of SSNs as ID numbers, but credit bureaus, state motor vehicle agencies, insurance companies, etc. shouldn't be allowed to have, much less ask for, social security numbers.

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