[Desron13]

"Most are LONG gone before the W-2's are ever reported, they've had 3 or 4 jobs before the information hits Austin (where the W-2's are filed). You did know that the only place individual information is filed is at the SSA didn't you? The IRS is not notified directly by the employers."

Hmmm... Seems to me the Goberment didn't have a problem making sure I was who I said I was the last time I bought a gun.

[McGavin999]

That's the FBI not the IRS and covered by an entirely different law.

Congress just has to change the laws to make the SS numbers accessable via a checking devise (they can do that without giving out any information other than "yes" or "no" just by keying in the name, number and birthdate and then get an answer back "yes" it matches or "no" it does not.

Wouldn't be foolproof but would eliminate 95% of the fraud since you could probably manage to match two if the answers but would be hard pressed to get all three. By giving a simple "yes" or "no" answer, the government would still be protecting the basic privacy of an individual because it would not be giving out information, merely confirming information the individual willingly gave out.