Social Security
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Just having a number is no longer a symbol of adulthood, the numbers use is no longer confined to working and paying taxes. Government agencies, business and schools rely on numbers to identify people in their computer systems.
Many people receive their numbers when they start their first job. ....
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.... prevent others from asking for the number, it does not give the use the right to access you records. The privacy of these records is guaranteed, unless by use of the government for health or welfare programs.
Each number comes in 9 digits, and has 3 parts. The first three digits indicate the state shown in the mailing address on the original application. The lowest numbers were assigned to the New England states, and the number grew higher in the south. But, in recent years, th ....
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