SSNs
Anonymous
nobody at remailer.privacy.at
Mon Jun 11 21:31:00 PDT 2001
I wrote:
> I am an American citizen.
>
> In 30 years I have never given a valid social security number to
> anyone.
>
> I can't.
>
> I don't have one.
>
> I hold a regular high-paying job. I get a paycheck. My employer
> uses ADP. I have a driver's license. I have a bank account.
> I have good health insurance. I pay my taxes.
>
> Not once have I had a real problem. Any minor problems that have
> come up over the years, and there have been very few, always go away
> when ignored dilligently.
>
> Just give those facists a fake number.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Signed,
>
> 322-33-0007
>In response Harmon Seaver <hseaver at ameritech.net> said:
>So for 30 you've been paying in to SS, but you'll never collect, nor
>could you collect unemployment if laid off --- you like making large
>donations to the government? I guess I have a hard time seeing what
>the point is. And yes, I understand all the arguments over the years
>about "national ID" and all that, and I can understand if someone
>works for himself and *doesn't" pay in to the SS system, but ....
I reply:
Unlike you, I am not under the delusion that I will ever see any of my
SS contributions back. I'm not interested in government unemployment
benefits. I was unemployed for a few months back when. It never even
occurred to me to seek unemployment benefits. Even if it had I
wouldn't have bothered.
"Large donations to the government." I have a hard time understanding
that. Social Security is a TAX. Period. If you believe otherwise
it's because some good salesmen (spin doctors) have told you so. It's
not voluntary- therefore not a "donation" and I'd barely make 2% on it
if I bothered to make a claim in 20-40 years. Who cares? I prefer to
file for 17 dependent exemptions, put the extra money from my biweekly
paycheck in a fund and then pay the principal back in April and keep
the interest for myself- that's a little naughtier though. I get far
more out of that then I ever will from Social Security.
It's a TAX. Period. I'm not looking to commit tax fraud. I'll pay it
like my other taxes. Still, I'm not going to let someone destroy my
privacy because I am under the delusion that I somehow will see my SS
contributions some undefined day more than two or three decades hence.
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