On 2010-08-11 17:24:52 -0700, "Brenda Ann"
said:

Also, think about this: even the ones using faked SSN's are paying into
Social Security. Those payments will not go to the person illegally using
that SSN, but to the person who actually owns the SSN. If nobody owns the
SSN, then the payments just go into the general fund to be distributed
later.

The benefits go into a suspense account where the money is immediately
used up anyway.

So, a real or a faked SSN/TIN doesn't matter as the receipts will be
spent on those who have a valid number and who file for benefits.

I am reminded that when I applied for early SS, do to a marked decline
in my investment portfolio income, I was supposedly required to supply
an official copy of my Certificate of Live Birth.

I actually DID obtain such a certificate from the State of Ohio, but
when I called the local SS office to for instructions, the official
said my COLB was NOT required as they had already verified it from
other sources.

Perhaps from my U.S. Passport data?

I HAD to provide a certified copy of my COLB to obtain my first
passport, but not on subsequent passport applications.

Incidentally, for those so-called "birthers" out there ... both
California and Ohio COLBs are facsimiles of the actual original
document, signed by the attending physician, but printed by
photographic means (Ohio) or xerographic means (California) on special
paper which is virtually impossible to counterfeit. Imbedded silk
threads, multi-color printing (intaglio in CA's case) and
micro-printing. The whole nine-yards. Also a raised seal of the state,
over the signature of the official who issued it ... an MD-MPH in CA's
case.