Skip to main content

Nope. There are no 150-year-olds on Social Security. It's COBOL!

Social Security,Banking and Finance

From the Left

Reports say that his group at DOGE is made up of fairly young people. What those kids don’t realize is that Social Security uses VERY OLD computers. They’re programmed with an old version of the programming language COBOL. A bit of history. On May 20, 1875 a bunch of countries got together to create the International Bureau of Weight and Measures which established uniform standards of mass and length. Later on, the Bureau established rules for dates as well. The dates standard used a starting date of May 20 1875...

AllSides Picks

More News about Banking and Finance

News from the Left

News from the Center

News from the Right