It is the most elemental of matters and at any checkout counter in any supermarket in America. any airline counter. they simply take this card and run it through a small device and it is immediately confirmed as valid or invalid with respect to very rapidly updated information on whether the funds or the credit are still available to the card. The purpose of the proposal I have is to say. let us try to break out of past unavailing efforts and get the Social Security Administration to do this on its own. We would ask the Comptroller General. in consultation with the Immigration and Naturalization Commissioner and whomever he wishes to consult to inquire into the technological alternatives for producing and issuing Social Security account number cards that are generally resistant to counterfeit. and which by their nature can be used for a quick check as to their authenticity. This is clearly within the range of the capacity of the private sectorand should be for the Federal Governmentin this most basic of insurance systems that relate directly to employment. In the overwhelming number of cases. the Social Security card will be the one bit of identification the young person of whatever age submits to an employer.
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