--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], Sal Sunshine <salsunshine@> > > wrote: > > <snip> > > > Also the > > > fact that they are asking for SS #s (or so I understood) is > > > troubling--that would rule me out immediately, as I simply wouldn't > > > give it to them. What could the reason possibly be except to > > > intimidate people? I've been on a lot of courses given by various > > > organizations, and I have never been asked to give that. > > > > I'm pretty sure I had to give my Social Security > > number when I first applied to learn TM in 1975. > > Back then, of course, we'd never heard of identity > > theft; all *kinds* of people asked for SS #s for > > identification, and nobody thought anything of it. > > I think they also asked for it on course applications > > then as well. > > > > It does have the advantage of being a unique > > identifier. I went to a doctor recently for a flu > > shot and was asked for my SS #. I said no, and that > > was OK with them, but it would never have occurred > > to me to think they were trying to intimidate me by > > asking. It used to be almost a reflex to identify > > people by their SS # and is still used in many cases, > > although obviously more and more people these days > > are refusing to give it. > > > > It used to be a law aginst using the SS for anything except tax purposes, or so I recall. I > suspect the law has been changed in the past 30+ years.
You gotta get out more, Spare Egg. For at least the last 10 years there has been a debate going on in this country as to when and where it is acceptable to give out your Social Security number. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
