Reading his other comments on such, I agree. SSN is voluntary. Birth registration is voluntary (it's not). "Just get yourself a passport, that will work for ID"

Reading his other comments on such, I agree. SSN is voluntary. Birth registration is voluntary (it's not). "Just get yourself a passport, that will work for ID". How to obtain a US passport with neither a SSN nor a birth certificate is apparently left as an exercise for the reader...