• @MrJameGumb
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    875 months ago

    That poor baby is going to end up getting raised in secret in the basement or something… Why do these people have to make their kids suffer for this nonsense? Even if that kid has a quasi normal childhood, having no SSN means they won’t be able to do almost anything as an adult

    • EleventhHour
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      405 months ago

      This is what happens to children of people with untreated severe mental illness

        • EleventhHour
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          135 months ago

          When it goes to such an extreme that it negatively affects your life like this, it’s a disorder

    • @[email protected]
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      5 months ago

      Also, don’t they believe the government sets aside millions of dollars for every child born that the child supposedly would have access to? By their own logic, aren’t they just depriving their children of millions of dollars they would eventually be able to withdraw from using magic words?

      • @MrJameGumb
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        95 months ago

        If there were millions of dollars earmarked for me since birth, I assure you I would have found it and probably spent it by now lol

        • @[email protected]
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          105 months ago

          Yeah it’s clear they don’t realize how little $3m is in terms of lifetime funds, but also just how much $3m x 331,449,281 people is.

    • frustrated_phagocytosis
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      95 months ago

      I started needing my SSN card in elementary school so I could have a savings account at a bank instead of like burying money in the yard. Can you even get health insurance without SSN?

      • @MrJameGumb
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        145 months ago

        I don’t even think you can get a job without an SSN anymore unless it’s some kind of cash only under the table deal lol

        • @[email protected]
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          45 months ago

          I know ITINumbers are a thing for people who can’t get a SSN to help with taxes. I have no idea if a US born person without documents can get one though.

    • Match!!
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      85 months ago

      the baby will be lucky if they grow up at all

    • @candybrie
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      65 months ago

      I think the lack of birth certificate is the bigger problem. There are in place processes for getting a social security number as an adult. I don’t know about birth certificates though.