'''This is getting circulated on Facebook:

>DOGE team didn’t know how the code was written when they went into the system because it was written in COBOL….an older computer code that isn’t taught today. And thus, they couldn’t read the date format. Because of this, orange Jesus claimed that there are millions, tens of millions over 100 years old getting checks. The truth is, you can go on the SS website and get statistics that there are only about little over 89k people that are on SS over the age of 99.

Sound like complete bullshit, since COBOL used Unix date format for the most part. Where are they getting this from? CNN or MSNBC make this claim?

>>22611485 (me)

I found the source. "Wired"

https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-doge-social-security-150-year-old-benefits/

No, 150-Year-Olds Aren’t Collecting Social Security Benefits

Elon Musk claims to have found rampant fraud in the Social Security Administration. There’s a much simpler explanation.

Elon Musk has repeatedly claimed that his so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) project had uncovered massive government fraud when it alleged that 150-year-olds were claiming Social Security benefits.

But Musk has provided no evidence to back up his claims, and experts quickly pointed out that this is very likely just a quirk of the decades-old coding language that underpins the government payment systems.

This reads like complete bullshit. Date formats are either 2-digit or in Unix format, which is still supported in modern programming languages

>>22611515

It must also have a "quirk" of counting total entries, making them "appear" greater than the entire US population.

>>22611517

And apparently Elon's people are so stupid, that they were confused by 2-digit dates.

Also, why would the SS admin's system still be using 2-digit dates? Complete BS!

>>22611530

Kek, I guess they're hoping people don't find that. The truth will come out very shortly, and yet again, the MSM will wind up withegg on their facesyet they continue this tactic over and over.

>>22611541

The truth will emerge very shortly, and the MSM will look like the clowns that they are.

>>22611133