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Parent Post: Karoline Leavitt
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sirjhonson
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2/27/2025, 5:22:56 AM
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I believe I accounted for a big majority of those discrepancies with my previous answer, but if you need even more reasons, there's also the Outdated Computer Systems and Data Entry Issues The SSA's primary database operates on COBOL, a programming language developed in the 1950s. Due to its age, COBOL lacks modern date-handling capabilities. When birthdate information is missing or incomplete, the system may default to placeholder dates, resulting in records that inaccurately suggest individuals are extraordinarily old. These placeholder dates are not indicative of actual benefit recipients but are artifacts of the system's limitations. There's also the way the system works, if you do not access the data properly, it will give you inaccurate results. I could go on and on, but you get the point(I think) this time.
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heather
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2/27/2025, 5:32:49 AM
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Actually, you did not mention the programming language in the previous reply, so no you did not account for the actual "question" in my first remark. You assumed that I was claiming that I believed that these data set numbers were proof that checks were being sent out to people that did not exist. If you had not drawn the conclusion of what I meant, or maybe asked if what you got was what I was saying, you would have found out first, that I did not ask about checks but the data sets. 🙂 And then your answer could have been the one below that provided the information that I did question. 🙂 "The SSA's primary database operates on COBOL, a programming language developed in the 1950s. Due to its age, COBOL lacks modern date-handling capabilities. When birthdate information is missing or incomplete, the system may default to placeholder dates, resulting in records that inaccurately suggest individuals are extraordinarily old. These placeholder dates are not indicative of actual benefit recipients but are artifacts of the system's limitations. There's also the way the system works, if you do not access the data properly, it will give you inaccurate results."
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sirjhonson
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2/27/2025, 6:30:55 AM
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lol I sense some hostility from that reply. Allow me to clarify. What I meant to say is that my first question did account for that reply as well. I explained to you why there were so many people in the system who were long dead. I expanded on that with the programming language to elaborate more in case my first reply was not satisfactory enough. I feel like there is some weird disconnect going on here. Yeah I did also mention that no one is getting paid by the SS program over 150 years old because that is the new lie the Trump administration has been pushing and many people believe it. So I figured I might as well clarify that too. I didn't think that would be an issue. I am very sorry if you felt offended in one way or another by me. I just talk to a lot of people about this stuff. Sometimes I just go into auto mode and just reply with some facts without taking into account who I am speaking to. It might sound mean or tactless, but i promise you, it was not personal in any way, shape or form. I just need sleep. All this research keeps me up for days at a time. haha. So again, sorry if there was a missunderstanding somewhere. It was not my intention to upset you. I'm glad you found my second reply satisfactory. Let me know if you need to know anything else about it. I'll try to be better next time :)
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