Thursday, April 7, 2011

Social Security Loses Laptop with 150 Million Identities On Hard Drive

For the record, if it means ending the Social Security ponzi scheme altogether, I am for stopping paper statements being sent to all enrollees. If it just means putting the statements online then not only am I against it, I have a fun concept for you:

Let's say the government agency put in charge of data security at the Social Security website is from Detroit and they are selected on the basis of being BFFs with President Obama's golfing partner. They do as good a job with data security for Social Security as they did emptying the schools of all contents when the government schools in Detroit were closed.

An 18 year-old hacker in Belarus spends five minutes wondering "Can it really be this simple?" and hacks straight into the database containing the Social Security numbers, addresses, names, dates of birth, etc. of everyone in America. EVERYONE has their identity compromised. EVERYONE has a credit rating of 243. NOBODY can get credit. The Social Security Administration tries to give everyone a new number but the damage is done. Nobody trusts them, plus the Tea Party activists convince the voting populace that the SSA was a scam anyhow. The whole idea is scrapped and a private retirement system for everyone is put in place that does not take 14% of all income (at gunpoint) and give it back at a -2% interest rate.

Win?

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