PRIV - Outlaw the Use of SS #s!!
Daniel C. Burton (dan@autobahn.org)
24 Mar 98 19:21:01 GMT
Take a look at this. Somebody should find out where our local legislators
stand on it.
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>Subject: PRIV - Outlaw the Use of SS #s!!
>Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 18:15:03 -0600
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>U.S. Congressman Ron Paul (Texas) has introduced a bill which will
>remedy all of the major problems we're facing regarding the abuses
>and misuses being made of social security numbers. The bill introduced
>as H.R.3261 is a very important bill.
>
>What this bill does is remove the permissive provisions in federal law
>which allow agencies to use social security numbers for purposes other
>than Social Security reporting and benefits administration. And it
>expressly prohibits the number from being used for universal
>identification.
>
>Everyone should ask their own Representative what their position is on
>this bill. This is one of those bills that any lawmaker will find very
>difficult to come out against. But Rep. Paul is going to need grass
>roots support to get it going.
>
>See what you think after reading the following introduction. And then
>please spread this out far and wide and let's get this the attention
>it deserves.
>
>Here are Rep. Ron Paul's floor comments from the day the bill was
>introduced. I will send out the full text of the bill soon.
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> Congressional Record
>
> INTRODUCING THE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT -- HON. RON PAUL
> (Extension of Remarks - February 25, 1998)
>
> [Page: E222]
>
> ---
>
> HON. RON PAUL
>
> in the House of Representatives
>
> H.R.3261
>
> WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1998
>
> Mr. PAUL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to introduce the Privacy
> Protection Act of 1998, which forbids the use of the Social
> Security number for any purpose not directly related to the
> administration of the Social Security system. The Social
> Security number was created solely for use in administering
> the Social Security system. However, today the Social
> Security number is used as an identifier for numerous
> federal programs. Unless the use of the Social Security
> number is restricted, it will soon become a national
> identification number by which the federal government can
> easily keep track of all vital information regarding American
> citizens.
>
> Anyone who doubts that we are well on the way to using the
> Social Security number as an universal identifier need only
> consult 1996's welfare reform bill, which forces business to
> report the Social Security number of every new employee to
> the federal government so it may be recorded in a national
> data base.
>
> Another example of the abuse of the Social Security number
> is a provision in tax law requiring a spouse paying alimony
> furnish the IRS with the Social Security number of the spouse
> receiving alimony.
>
> These are not isolated incidents; in fact, since the creation
> of the Social Security number in 1934 there have been almost
> 40 congressionally-authorized uses of the Social Security
> number as an identification number for non-Social Security
> programs! Abuse of the Social Security system also occurs at
> the state level. Mr. Speaker, in many states. One cannot
> get a driver's license, apply for a job, or even receive a
> birth certificate for one's child, without presenting their
> Social Security number to a government official, and just X
> weeks ago 210 of my colleagues voted to allow States to
> require citizens to show their Social Security number in
> order to vote. Since the Social Security number is part of
> a federal program created by Congress, it is Congress'
> responsibility to ensure it is not used to violate the
> privacy of America's citizens.
>
> Perhaps the most disturbing abuses of the Social Security
> number is the Congressionally-authorized rule forcing parents
> to get a Social Security number for their newborn children in
> order to claim them as a dependent. Mr. Speaker, forcing
> parents to register their newborn children with the state is
> more like something out of the nightmare of George Orwell
> than the dreams of a free Republic that inspired the nation's
> founders.
>
> Unless the abuses of the Social Security number is stopped,
> Americans will soon have a de facto national identification
> number, which would provide the federal government the ability
> to track all citizens from cradle to grave. The drafters of
> the Constitution would be horrified if they knew that the
> federal government would have the ability to set up a universal
> identifier and every newborn baby had to be assigned a number
> by the federal government. I therefore urge my colleagues to
> protect America's freedom by cosponsoring the Privacy Protection
> Act of 1998.
>
> [Page: E223]
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