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In the Army of the late sixties I went from RA12______ to 26_-__-____.
I knew this was a bunch of crap even then.
They use it to get the earned income tax credit and bennies.
It is just despicable that the US government is helping illegal aliens corrupt our entire system and victimize our citizens.
Top offender ~ OZero
Coordinate ICE, IRS, and FaceBook’s friends to ID these folks and deport ASAP.
This should be an easy fix.
Fix it dammit!
My credit card can spot potential fraudulent purchases and call me within a day or so.
I watched a documentary about a guy living in Louisiana, he had his SS used to work and get huge tax returns in another state up north. For seven years the IRS refused to look at the evidence he provided, telling him it was not their responsibility. He lost his credit, his property, everything, as the IRS continued to prosecute him.
Meanwhile in SC a former state senator has been selling illegals social security numbers for years.
Even more maddening is how the Social Security Administration handles this: When an illegal gets a green card, their work under the stolen SSN IS CREDITED TO THEM PERMANENTLY.
Yes, our Govt REWARDS them for criminal fraud!
Go figure...
And when those people go to retire and have their social security cut because they earn too much money, who will help them?
I R S needs to protect citizens. When earnings are reported from two different states for the same time period a red flag should go up.
They’re also stealing minor SS#s. When mom/dad cosign for kids (auto loan) for first time, they discover that Juan or Jose has been using their kids socials. Not always for credit either so has to be for the freebies.
Leeches!
The database is there for the gov’t to go after these criminals. The IRS must know as well. No political will to do it..unless legal ramifications.
The SSN is a disaster. It was created as the account number for the government-run retirement system. I have my original card. It says “Not for identification.”
It is now the de facto government-issued citizen identification number. It is a key to all the information there is about you.
The number has no controls. Until the advent of mainframe computer systems, there were millions of people who shared a “unique” SSN.
There is not even a check digit embedded in it.
People in government have no concept of the scope of the problem. They are incapable of solving it.
Step #1 is the check digit(s). Will it take 3 years to formulate and enact a law and implement it?
The remaining steps aren’t likely to happen in the next 200 years.
All of them committing fraud that would land us citizens in prison, let alone the illegality of their stay here, the resources they soak up—including the EITC they get for their fraudulent filings, and the other crimes they commit.
Think how our “infrastructure” construction load would be lessened if all of a sudden we had 30 million fewer people on our roads, far fewer children in our schools, etc. The IQ of our country and workforce would rise and our match of unskilled labor to unskilled laborers would be much better, with more of a chance for higher wages for undesirable jobs.
Just think of the reduced stress and overcrowding in our medical system, too.
One SS number is one account, isn’t it? So wouldn’t all the credit for the SS withheld go into the account of the legal owner of that account, even if more than one individual was using that number?