That’s history. Effective Saturday, newly issued Social Security numbers (SSNs) will have no geographical significance. The “Social Security Number Randomization” policy hits.<\/p>\n
New Gavins, Emmas and Destinys will get random SSNs.<\/p>\n
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I read about<\/strong><\/span> the randomization policy in the Social Security Administration\/IRS quarterly newsletter to employers.<\/p>\n I look at Social Security numbers a lot because I’m a landlord. One apartment applicant wrote his SSN as 900-. There are no 900-999s. I turned him down on the spot. Likewise, there are no 000s-. And I don’t rent to 666-; that’s the devil’s number, and the Social Security Administration (SSA) doesn’t stock it.<\/p>\n The SSA website says, “If your [SSN] concerns are firmly rooted in your religious beliefs or cultural traditions, Social Security will review your request.”<\/p>\n The new randomization<\/strong><\/span> policy will extend the number of available SSNs. There are 435 million unused numbers. Dead people’s numbers go to the grave with them.<\/p>\n What about a vanity SSN? Are the feds thinking of that?<\/p>\n They should. Parents might pay $100 for a snazzy SSN — say, a 999-. Something that would stand out on Baby Emma’s college application 17 years from now.<\/p>\n Just say no to randomization.<\/p>\n Baby Emma <\/strong><\/span>is not a random number. And Gavin is an Ohioan — a proud Buckeye. Destiny, she is a California girl (602-).<\/p>\n Joe Buckeye<\/p><\/div>\n —-<\/span><\/p>\n Due to a computer glitch, this post (\u201cJust Say No to Randomization”) didn’t go up on Wednesday June 22. It went up today, Saturday June 25.<\/span><\/p>\n —- The first three digits in your Social Security number mean something. For instance, 545-573 and 602-626 indicate you are a native Californian. 268-302, an Ohioan. That’s history. Effective Saturday, newly issued Social Security numbers (SSNs) will have no geographical significance. The “Social Security Number Randomization” policy hits. New Gavins, Emmas and Destinys will get […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-landlord-biz","category-pekar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5360"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8780,"href":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5360\/revisions\/8780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"ssn-gravestone\"](\"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/ssn-gravestone-300x202.jpg\" "\\"ssn-gravestone\\"")
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<\/a>Here’s an op-ed I wrote for the Cleveland Plain Dealer<\/em> last Sunday. “Harvey Pekar’s Hollywood Hustle.”<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"