Quote Originally Posted by Roy Karrde View Post
Well I believe a Social Security card is issued when ever you are born, its the number that every American has, and is used largely for pretty much everything including for employment verification for even the smallest job, and even things like welfare and medicaid.
Even if it is, people fall through the cracks. There are tens of thousands people out there living in complete abject poverty, in projects or ghettos, who don't even show up on the government's radar because they are not legally employed or earn their wage through criminal activities. Even if they are issued this at birth, I doubt the average kid pushing crack on the street corner has a clue where his card is, or where to go get one. I think his priority is not getting killed or arrested.