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Ah, that is a puzzle. Any business that withholds taxes would need it.
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Except the SSN had already been issued; the original holder had died before collecting social security.
If the number was based on where you were when you started working, then when was 0 ever near Connecticut and needed the number for work?
Not based on where you started working, only based on where you applied for the card. You didn’t have to work to get a social security number. But if he had a job in Hawaii before going to NY, without a SS # the job wasn’t with holding taxes. Doesn’t seem likely.
I hadn’t heard that it was a previously issued number. Don’t know if they reissue numbers of the deceased.
As I said NYC is near Connecticut. IF Obama really did go to Columbia then he was near Connecticut.