if a minor were to say, apply for Aid to Families with Dependent Children, the minor would need a social security number for that purpose.
probably also needed to apply for a passport
I wonder where Zero’s momma was when he was 15? anywhere near the state in question?
“if a minor were to say, apply for Aid to Families with Dependent Children, the minor would need a social security number for that purpose.”
Only problem is that Barry since age 10 had been living with grandparents, who were not exactly paupers. By age 15, he was attending a tony prep school in Hawaii: hard to see how he qualifies for AFDC under those circumstances.
“probably also needed to apply for a passport”
Sure, but if that were the motivating reason for making an application, he could hardly afford to wait around until age 27 to make use of such a card.
“I wonder where Zero’s momma was when he was 15? anywhere near the state in question?”
In 1977, Ann Dunham Soetoro was in Indonesia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Dunham), about as far from CT as one could imagine. She didn’t become a program officer for Ford Foundation—which in theory could have occasioned intermittent trips to Foundation headquarters in NYC—until the early 1980’s. The question of how a kid living in HI managed to apply in CT for a SSN remains a deep mystery.