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becoming required. That is simply how it goes with new
tools for the government.

See how the uses of the Social Security number have grown, wildly beyond
what the government ever said it would be used for?

#   Privacy Journal, By Robert Ellis Smith, October 1986 issue
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#   Tax reform bill HR 3838 requires effective January 1988 that any taxpayer
#   claiming a dependent five years or older have a Social Security number.
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#   This is to prevent divorced parents from simultaneously claiming the
#   same child.
#
#   The requirement means that, for the first time, large numbers of children
#   who have not reached employment age will need Social Security numbers.
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#   Its use has been expanding the past fifteen years by regulations under
#   the Bank Secrecy Act, requiring all bank account holders to be enumerated,
#   and by the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 and subsequent legislation
#   requiring children who receive public assistance to be enumerated.
#
#   Privacy Journal, By Robert Ellis Smith, April 1990 issue
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#   State legislatures are forced to enact legislation by November requiring
#   all parents to provide their Social Security numbers before a birth
#   certificate will be issued for a newborn.