Why Is My Social Security Card Made Of Flimsy Paper?

I lost my social security card and then, after 2 hours,  finally found it again wedged between two envelopes that I probably would’ve thrown out had I not been looking for something important. This is not my first social security card.

Any idea why the Social Security Administration in 2009 still haven’t figured out that important cards should be laminated?

The supermarket hands out laminated, bar coded discount cards to any swinging dick— but quite possibly the most important card in your life, which proves your right to work legally and what number your tax and benefits should be credited to is made from the same stock as a pizza coupon?

Why does this extremely important card have the same design and thinness of monopoly money?

Oh Shit, I Almost Paid You 10 Monopoly Dollars and My Social Security Card For Rent On Oriental Ave

I just now read that they’re upgrading the cards to be printed on Banknote paper, increasing the production cost from 1 cent to 3 cents. Big spenders.

The reasoning for the new cards is that it helps stop counterfeiters and Congress ordered it as apart of a Social Security Rescue bill. Why does every improvement need to have some scary impetus behind it instead of a simple “this is the old way to do it and is incongruent with modern ways and standards. And it pisses citizens off. ”

Why isn’t that ever enough?

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Reader's Comments

1. 

   haha,,,, what you just read was a ny times article written in 1983.

   read your dates.

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2. stephanie on 23 Jul 2009 8:27 am
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   (red face) well look stephanie, since its still printed on banknote paper here 26 years later that’s sort of a joke, right?

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4. andyfox1979 on 23 Jul 2009 3:05 pm
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   It’s not complicated. You buy the small sheets of plastic laminate at Wal-Mart. You peel, stick, peel, stick, trim. You have an indestructible piece of identification that will never again be mistaken for Monopoly money.

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6. TwoDoorRose on 01 Aug 2009 6:14 pm
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   uhh the second you laminate it you void the card.
   the biggest load of crock there is.. if you try to use your newly laminated social security card at any institution that is government run they will all say it’s been voided because you laminated it..

   so retarded.

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8. felix on 09 Aug 2009 4:00 pm
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   A couple years ago my sister’s purse was stolen with all her important crap in in, including her social security card. When she reported it to the cops, one chewed her out saying you should never carry your social security card and made her feel like a total idiot. So she finally gets her new SS card and right on the back it says something like “Keep this card in a safe place at all times such as your wallet.” She was so pissed. What the hell are you supposed to do with it though really, frame it on your wall? File it somewhere and totally forget where you put it?

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10. adnoxious on 07 Sep 2009 3:59 pm