Okay, here’s my final answer as to why Obama’s case manager at CSS of CT applied for a SSN on Obama’s behalf in 1977 ...
“1977 Food Stamp Act of 1977 (P.L. 96-58) required disclosure of SSNs of all household members as a condition of eligibility for participation in the Food Stamp program.”
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/history/reports/ssnreportap.html
Food stamps!!!????!!!!
Granny dunham got FOOD STAMPS!!!????
Worked at a bank and got.... FOOD STAMPS!!!????
Bwahahahahaaaaaa
(OK for those interested in the history of the SSN going back to 1961, here’s it is, from Sven’s link:
1961 The Civil Service Commission adopted the SSN as an official Federal employee identifier.
Internal Revenue Code Amendments (P.L. 87-397) required each taxpayer to furnish identifying number for tax reporting.
1962 The Internal Revenue Service adopted the SSN as its official taxpayer identification number.
1964 Treasury Department, via internal policy, required buyers of series H savings bonds to provide their SSNs.
1965 Internal Revenue Amendments (P.L. 89-384) Medicare enacted. It became necessary for most individuals age 65 and older to have an SSN.
1966 The Veterans Administration began to use the SSN as the hospital admissions number and for patient record-keeping.
1967 The Department of Defense, by a Secretary of Defense memorandum, adopted the SSN in lieu of the military service number for identifying Armed Forces personnel.
1970 Bank Records and Foreign Transactions Act (P.L. 91-508) required all banks, savings and loan associations, credit unions and brokers/dealers in securities to obtain the SSNs of all of their customers. Also, financial institutions were required to file a report with the IRS, including the SSN of the customer, of each deposit, withdrawal, exchange of currency or other payment or transfer involving more than $10,000.
1971 SSA task force published a report on issues raised by nonprogram SSN use which proposed that SSA take a “cautious and conservative” position toward SSN use and do nothing to promote the use of the SSN as an identifier. The report recommended that SSA:
Use mass SSN enumeration in schools as a long-range, cost-effective approach to tightening up the SSN system, and Consider cooperating with specific health, education and welfare uses of the SSN by State, local, and other nonprofit organizations.
1972 Social Security Amendments of 1972 (P.L. 92-603):
Required SSA to issue SSNs to all legally admitted aliens at entry and to anyone receiving or applying for any benefit paid for by Federal funds; Required SSA to obtain evidence to establish age, citizenship, or alien status and identity. Authorized SSA to enumerate children below school age at the request of parents and at the time they first entered school.
1973 Buyers of series E savings bonds are required by the Treasury Department to provide their SSNs.
1973 Report of the Department of Health Education and Welfare (HEW; now Health and Human Services (HHS)) Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Automated Personal Data System concluded that the adoption of a universal identifier by this country was not desirable; also found that the SSN was not suitable for such a purpose as it does not meet the criteria of a universal identifier that distinguishes a person from all others.
1974 Privacy Act (P.L. 93-579) enacted effective September 27, 1975 to limit governmental use of the SSN:
Provided that no State or local government agency may withhold a benefit from a person simply because the individual refuses to furnish his or her SSN. Required that Federal, State and local agencies which request an individual to disclose his/her SSN inform the individual if disclosure was mandatory or voluntary. (This was the first mention of SSN use by local governments.)
1975 Social Services Amendments of 1974 (P.L. 93-647) provided that:
Disclosure of an individual’s SSN as a condition of eligibility for Aid to Families With Dependent Children (AFDC, now Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)) benefits; and Office of Child Support Enforcement Parent Locator Service may require disclosure of limited information (including SSN and whereabouts) contained in SSA records.
1976 Tax Reform Act of 1976 (P.L. 94-455) included the following amendments to the Social Security Act:
Authorized SSN use by the States in the administration of any tax, general public assistance, drivers license or motor vehicle registration law within their jurisdiction and to authorize the States to require individuals affected by such laws to furnish their SSNs to the States; Made misuse of the SSN for any purpose a violation of the Social Security Act; and Made disclosure or compelling disclosure of the SSN of any person a violation of the Social Security Act. Amended 6109 of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to provide that the SSN be used as the tax identification number for all tax purposes. While the Treasury Department had been using the SSN as the tax identification number by regulation since 1962, this law codifies that requirement.
1976 Federal Advisory Committee on False Identification recommended that penalties for misuse be increased and evidence requirements tightened; rejected the idea of national identifier and did not even consider the SSN for such a purpose.
1977 Food Stamp Act of 1977 (P.L. 96-58) required disclosure of SSNs of all household members as a condition of eligibility for participation in the Food Stamp program
I’ll see your 1977 law and raise you a 1972 law from that link you posted :
NOTICE THIS PART
“REQUIRED SSA TO ISSUE SSNs TO .... AND TO ANYONE RECEIVING OR APPLYING FOR ANY BENEFIT PAID FOR BY FEDERAL FUNDS”
1972 Social Security Amendments of 1972 (P.L. 92-603):
Required SSA to issue SSNs to all legally admitted aliens at entry and to anyone receiving or applying for any benefit paid for by Federal funds; Required SSA to obtain evidence to establish age,citizenship,or alien status and identity. Authorized SSA to enumerate children below school age at the request of parents and at the time they first entered school.
Blah, Blah, Blah and IBTZ
You ain’t cut out fer hereins....
How long did it take for you to work this fairy tale out, Obama?