PrivacyDigest<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> Plans to Rebuild <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSA</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Codebase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Codebase</span></a> In Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in <a href="https://mas.to/tags/COBOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COBOL</span></a> , an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.</p><p>> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/deluded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deluded</span></a> or <a href="https://mas.to/tags/lying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lying</span></a> ? They couldn’t even handle building that website. </p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-social-security-administration-cobol-benefits/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-s</span><span class="invisible">ocial-security-administration-cobol-benefits/</span></a></p>