This spring, the Social Security Administration reinstituted its annual reality check for employers, “SSN No-Match letters,” after a three-year hiatus. I immediately received a call from a leader in the tree fruit community, and the conversation went something like this: “Dan, I have an excellent personal relationship with Doc Hastings, I will be in Washington, D.C., next week to visit him, and I need you to write something up for my visit so we can take care of these damn No-Match letters.” What did he want me to write—“Please stop sending letters to remind us of the fact that the […]