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Ky. sisters sue to get Social Security numbers
AP Via Yahoo ^ | 04 Aug 2011 | By BRETT BARROUQUERE

Posted on 08/05/2011 1:05:54 PM PDT by US Navy Vet

.LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — According to the federal government, two sisters in rural Kentucky do not exist.

The women weren't born in a hospital, never went to public school and only recently obtained birth certificates after they sued the state. Still, that's not enough for Raechel and Stephanie Schultz to land legitimate jobs. The sisters need Social Security numbers, so they have sued the federal government.

"No one has ever heard of anything like this before," said their attorney, Douglas Benge. "When the girls first came to see me, it's one of those things of, 'What do I do now?'"

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: socialsecurity; ssan; ssn; thesystem
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To: KYGrandma

I worked in that area in the late 60’s. I worked in Louisville, Lexington, Corbin and Harlan.What you say is true.


21 posted on 08/05/2011 2:03:12 PM PDT by OldEagle
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To: Blood of Tyrants
Socialistic Security Numbers. LOL!!!

My buddy and I are always jokingly referring to it as Sociable Security. A guy we were dealing with one time kept saying that to us. "I'm not working anywhere. I only get my Sociable Security check". LOL!!! Funny stuff. That guy ruined us. I'll be using your term now also depending upon my mood!

22 posted on 08/05/2011 2:09:14 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Americans need to wean their government off of its dependence on foreign money.)
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To: KYGrandma
I remember the scene in Sergeant York when the city guy makes his way down into the rural mountain valley in Tennessee.

He asks about roads out of the valley and they tell him there are no roads.

“How did you get here then?” he asks.

“I was BORN here!” the man explains.

Some people really have no idea.

23 posted on 08/05/2011 2:16:31 PM PDT by allmendream (Tea Party did not send the GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism.)
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To: US Navy Vet

“Out of 330 million Americans, there’s probably a few people who didn’t do anything” to get official documents, said Bruce, who now runs a website from Murrieta, Calif., that helps people navigate Social Security benefits..... But they can still vote.


24 posted on 08/05/2011 2:18:16 PM PDT by Safetgiver (I'd rather die under a free American sky than live under a Socialist regime.)
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To: GeronL
The local farmers loved that letter. It was posted on the cafe (and coffee stop) wall for years.

Was a picture of the pooch pinned next to it? lol

Well, of course!

25 posted on 08/05/2011 2:23:33 PM PDT by Zakeet (If it ain't broke, the Wee Wee will fix it until it is)
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To: US Navy Vet

They should write directly to obammy. He has some extras.


26 posted on 08/05/2011 2:26:21 PM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (To the left the truth looks Right-Wing.)
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To: KYGrandma

Yes, my church has done several mission trips to West Virginia and have seen the poverty. Anyone with any smarts or talents abandons the area as soon as they can. What is left are people without hope and without a future.


27 posted on 08/05/2011 2:32:18 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Islam is the religion of Satan and Mohammed was his minion.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Believe it or not, my Western Civ. professor in college taught me that term. He had spent several years studying Chinese History in China and he said he longed for the days he could slip someone $5 and the poster he wanted printed or the papers he need copying would be moved to the front of the line. In other words, he preferred crooked socialist bureaucrats in China to crooked semi-socialist bureaucrats in the US. At least in China they knew socialism didn’t work.


28 posted on 08/05/2011 2:38:31 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Islam is the religion of Satan and Mohammed was his minion.)
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To: US Navy Vet

Do the Amish have social security numbers? http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090126095726AAX3gcX


29 posted on 08/05/2011 2:42:09 PM PDT by Western Phil
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To: cotton1706

exactly, I didn’t get one till around 18


30 posted on 08/05/2011 2:48:43 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama = Epic Fail)
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To: cotton1706

Exactly...I am 43 and didn’t get my SSN until I started working at 15 1/2. My wife is nearly fifteen years younger than me and her SSN before I did.


31 posted on 08/05/2011 3:02:53 PM PDT by The Unknown Republican
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To: Blood of Tyrants

They may have dissappeared for yo crackers, but Holders People are openly able to “share” chillwrens SS# so they all can be getting Earned Income Credit.


32 posted on 08/05/2011 3:43:03 PM PDT by dusttoyou ("Progressives" are wee-weeing all over themselves, Foc nobama)
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To: Soothesayer9

“Why would any true conservative WANT a tracking number?”

From the article: “Still, that’s not enough for Raechel and Stephanie Schultz to land legitimate jobs. The sisters need Social Security numbers... “

To be legally employed by someone else, you need a SSN.


33 posted on 08/05/2011 3:46:25 PM PDT by BwanaNdege (For those who have fought for it, Life bears a savor the protected will never know.)
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