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From: fish@ihu1g.UUCP (Bob Fishell)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: social security numbers
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Date: Wed, 2-May-84 18:20:17 EDT
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Posted: Wed May  2 18:20:17 1984
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It's a losing battle.  You don't have a name, you've got a SSN,
despite what it says on your SS card.

Last year, my bank informed me that I'd have to provide them with
my SSN lest they start withholding interest tax on my savings account.
OK, that's for tax purposes, but it does prove a point: you can't
get by without divulging it.  My Blue Cross is also tied to my SSN,
and that doesn't have anything to do with taxes.
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                               Bob Fishell
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