> SS#s for Bank accounts have been around much longer. > > The Drivers License bit was in 2003 when I moved from TN to AL.
The driver's license for opening bank accounts is required by the USA PATRIOT Act, which was cleverly named so as to make opposing it appear treasonous. (I've always wondered how long it took someone to come up with words to match the preselected acronym: Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism.) ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
