you don't need to provide your SSN, just an ID with western union i believe.
have you considered buying amazon gift cards for when you want to cash out? or possibly spending your BTC to buy something.
Yes, but I would then have to buy something with the Amazon gift card and re-sell that right? Thought about doing that with iPads but it takes a bit of work and you could lose money in the process. ie I buy an ipad air for $500 and am only able to resell for $450.
There isn't really a market for reselling the gift cards here on craigslist and I'm hesitant to do business on ebay since it's paypal.