Our social security cards are just pieces of paper...they aren't really overly official seeming if you look at one in person. I got my number as a child. I guess that's the closest we have to a national ID, but there aren't any photos involved, so it has limited use as an in-person ID thing (usually only employers want to see it in person). Since identity theft has gotten more common, fewer places are demanding that you give your social security number these days, but then you have to have something else that is official to prove that you are who you say you are.
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Date: 2014-12-18 11:45 am (UTC)