Sean Lange (12/28/2012)
First of all, SSN have and will be reused. When people die their SSN gets recycled into the available pool.
While it is true that a person can change their SSN, it's a myth that SSNs are recycled. Please see Q20 on the following webpage which is on the official Social Security website.
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/history/hfaq.html
There was one incident many years ago where some secretary had her SS card used as a demo card in wallets and some huge number of people claimed it as their own, but Social Security numbers have not been reused to date.
--Jeff Moden
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