I'm really not as much of a conspiracy freak as this is going to sound, I promise. Here goes.
I'm going to have a son in September, and I'd like to insulate him as much as possible from prying eyes, both private and public. Not having had a child before, I'm not sure if the hospital automatically registers newborns for a SSN, or if it's something I have to do, or ....
I'd like registering for the system to be up to my son, I just don't know how to do it.
I realize that I won't be able to claim him as a dependent, and that he'll have a hard time getting credit and such, but I don't really need the deduction, and if he wants to get a SSN to borrow money, that's his choice, not mine.
Any help from anybody that knows the legal ins and outs here would be much appreciated.