[Robert A Cook PE]

Technically, the court is right. SSN should NOT be used for universal Federal ID numbers.

However, the real reason he didn't (WANT TO) give his SSN is that this guy was most likely an illegal alien and DIDN'T have an SNN. Nor had he ever contributed through workers comp or unemployment taxes to the money he wanted.

[FreedomPoster]

That nails the heart of the matter in the first response. Which is pretty typical here, which is why I stay.

G'mornin' Robert.

[ctdonath2]

The court is very right. I'm about to get a GA driver's license, which will be denied if I don't give them my SSN - which is none of their business.

[jwpjr]

I still have my original SS card issued in Tampa, FL in June of 1956. It says right across the bottom "Not to be used for identification purposes." In those days they issued the card right there when you applied for it.

[George W. Bush]

Technically, the court is right. SSN should NOT be used for universal Federal ID numbers.

In truth, all private entities should be forbidden to ask for SS numbers as well. That was the original SS law and they have steadily chipped away at it to turn it into a de facto national ID number.

With the new federally mandated drivers' licenses coming in '08, we'll see whether there will be any real respect for privacy. Hopefully, adding Alito to the bench will restore the rule of law and save the Constitution from its continuing evisceration by the liberals.