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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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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 O...

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