[quote=David Kelly]
A social security number is a number that each American receives at birth and uses for identification.
I didn't get mine until I was 5 (born in Pennsylvania). An American does not get it automatically at birth, one must apply... the driving force for it to occur at birth nowadays is that as a parent I can not take a personal deduction on my taxes for my children unless they have an SS number, and it is a form that the hospital hands out a birth. I'll be filling out another one in Jan. when little Grace is born (maybe on kickoff day
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Merle
Team Paragon 571