"Various authorities have been trying to force a Social Security number on me. They telephone and tell me I MUST have one; since I have none, they are giving me one. I tell them I wonât have it. I get forms, my humble request to be entitled to Social Security benefits; with command, Sign here and return toâI put them in the wastebasket. I get orders to appear at such an hour, such a date, at such an office, with all records and receipts to show causeâI reply that it is not convenient for me to appearâetc., etc. I even get an order to appear and support with documents my claim for refund of the taxâandâfine that I paid; I return this, writing across it, I have made no such claim. The telephone rings, and I am informed that I am being given the necessary Social Security number; I say I have none and I shall NOT have one; I will have nothing to do with that Ponzi fraud because it is treason; it will wreck this country as it wrecked Germany; I wonât have it; you canât make me."
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Rose Wilder Lane
Rose Wilder Lane (December 5 1886 â October 30 1968) was an American journalist, travel writer, novelist, and political theorist. Although her mother, Laura Ingalls Wilder, is now the better known writer, Lane's accomplishments remain remarkable. She is considered a seminal force in the founding of the American Libertarian Party.
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