Social Security’s Perilous Plan for Its Future

[djean111]

2. My power company started demanding my social security number when I tried to use some

features I had always used, like extending due dates. Could not do it over the phone any more, was shunted to a live rep who told me they needed the SS# because Experian was now managing things. I said no, (as if Experian couldn't figure that out!), she sighed and said well, no extension, but a couple of weeks later the phone thing worked again. Looks to me like Experian is positioning itself to make money from something besides credit scores, since maybe people are not/cannot use credit cards as much. So tentacles must be insinuated into other things.

There will, of course be zero oversight from Congress about things like this, unless an Elizabeth Warren type looks into it.

Power company also seems to desperately want me to use automatic withdrawals from my checking account. Nope. Not for a bill without a fixed amount. In my situation, something like that could be ruinous.