It actually still is. You'd just be relegating your child to a life of insane inconvenience. Or so they'd have you believe.
How is it voluntarily?
https://famguardian.org/TaxFreedom/Instructions/1.1NoSSNChildren.htm
Here's an excerpt:
>Parents have been led to believe that Social Security Numbers must be obtained for their children before they can be claimed as little exemptions on a tax return. Once again, the truth within the Law prevails over the popular mind set. There is no law requiring you to give Social Security Numbers to your children. Whether or not they get one should be up to them, not the parents. The Social Security Administration website states that you don’t have to get an SSN for your children:
Right but nobody will ever hire you without a social?
If you have a real job, they automatically deduct it from your pay
You misunderstood. You HAVE to opt your child out of it when they're born. But you CAN keep them out of the system.
You also won't be able to claim them on your taxes if you do so.
When you get a real job, they ask for your SSN. You can't just say 'no'.
You can't work legally without paying Social Security tax unless you have some other state-run retirement plan.
Right. I said a life of insane inconvenience, did I not? There's jobs you could find but the large majority would probably not consider you.
Even that though... That's an ASSUMPTION I have. Not a fact.
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