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DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase in Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse

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DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase in Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse

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Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.
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    The kind that thinks full self driving is two years away, perhaps?

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      AGI is definitely just around the corner! We just need to throw more money and the energy produced by half the country at it!

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        And work 60hrs a week!

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