Everyone's no-win situation.

What could be more horrible than being a victim of identity theft?  Not only are your finances all screwed up, but you have to live with the idea that some worthless piece of s*** is pretending to be you and living off your name. Now all the law enforcement agencies advise us to, "never give out your Social Security number." What they don't seem to know is that no doctor, dentist, optician or any kind of professional is willing to provide service unless your provide your social security number. I know because I've tried not giving it out and was told, in essence, to get lost. Try not giving yours and see what I mean.