2006-12-14 10:23:30 · 8 answers · asked by echochat40 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
lets see... nine digit code, that would give 10^9 numbers...1,000,000,000
that is one billion... there are 6 billion on the planet, but it only needs to account for US population from 1935 to today...also, I don't think it will kill the US system to add a digit when the 1 billion mark is reached...which hasn't been done since 35...will not be a real issue...
2006-12-14 10:36:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't recycle them.
My boyfriend was once almost arrested for using the SS number of a man who had been dead for fourty years (it was more because of his bad handwriting, though- they thought that he had written a 4 as one of the numbers when it was really a 9).
2006-12-14 18:33:43 · answer #2 · answered by Not Allie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It isn't done in this country, some European countries recycle identity numbers after the person has been dead more than 50 years.
2006-12-14 18:35:14 · answer #3 · answered by DON S 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They dont reissue old ss# to people.
2006-12-14 18:30:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
One use only. It dies when the "holder" dies. (at least it is supposed to be that way)
2006-12-14 18:30:08 · answer #5 · answered by Malika 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
never,they just keep making up new ####
2006-12-14 18:26:54 · answer #6 · answered by Tired Old Man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AS MANY x's AS THEY NEED TO.
2006-12-14 18:28:11 · answer #7 · answered by courtneycollegefunny 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
never
2006-12-14 18:25:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋