Has anyone heard of a debt reduction scheme based on social security cards or birth certificates?

) March 19th, 2013

I had a client call me today asking about a way to reduce credit card debt with your social security card or birth certificate. She said your birth certificate is some type of bond that has already been sold to cover the national debt. This is a normally lucid woman, so I agreed to look into it. But WTF?
Have fun with this too. I have no idea how this would work.

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I found this and this. Never heard of it before.

bkcunningham (18501

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Fascinating stuff! The Talk page for the Wikipedia link given by @bkcunningham is particularly entertaining.

glacial (12150

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Huh. I should try to form an informed response, but all I can think is “whoa, trippy!”

That’s not very helpful.

Blueroses (18261

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Thanks guys. I had no idea this was out there.

Adirondackwannabe (36713

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I’m not even going to ask how @bkcunningham came up with those links. Interesting stuff, in the same way that a flaming car wreck by the side of the road is “interesting” as one drives by.

But I forget: was it the red pill or the blue pill that got us there?

CWOTUS (26102

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