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Ruby the Liberal

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19. Step 2 is already tee'd up

Wed Mar 19, 2025, 12:09 AM

Mar 2025

The systems are primarily COBOL - an archaic programming language not taught in schools since the 1980s.

The massive IT staff keeping it all running is retirement age - and eligible for the take-the-money-or-take-your-chances Muskian "retirement" offer.

This risk is already known - as there isn't a robust younger generation lined up/trained to take this on.

Once these people leave (en masse), there are going to be outages as these systems can't just be rebooted.

I truly believe that this is how they are going to send the SSA Trust to the venture capitalists to feed their gambling addictions. Once it crashes, Joe and Jane 6-pack are going to freak - and they aren't going to care where it comes from, as long as the checks start going out again. Which they will - until the losses mount and the whole system collapses.

I truly fear that we may not be able to come back from it.

Sorry about the doom post. This is going to be a disaster.

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Heads up - Social Security - WHILE FIRING THOUSANDS AND SHUTTERING OFFICES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY ... [View all] CousinIT Mar 2025 OP

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only if they need to change their status drray23 Mar 2025 #2

This is just Step One. FoxNewsSucks Mar 2025 #3

Absofuckingloutely! SheltieLover Mar 2025 #5

Or making all DENVERPOPS Mar 2025 #14

Question: My SS deposit goes to credit union "A" with which I verified my identity in person. If I want allegorical oracle Mar 2025 #27

Blood in the streets? Trexmaster Mar 2025 #23

So what if you just bamagal62 Mar 2025 #4

I tried to change my address with the Social Security Administration and I couldn't do it online. SunSeeker Mar 2025 #6

SunSeeker - was this recently or a while ago? Supposedly this change doesn't take effect until March 31. Nt CousinIT Mar 2025 #8

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I always do it over the phone. bamagal62 Mar 2025 #24

It appears to say just for new signups or direct deposit changes.... CousinIT Mar 2025 #7

My daughter in law is planning on retiring Figarosmom Mar 2025 #9

It says it can be done online if one has a login.gov or id.me account. Those who do not CousinIT Mar 2025 #11

Thanks Figarosmom Mar 2025 #20

There are only two reasons for this. yellow dahlia Mar 2025 #10

I think both but more 2 than 1. Nt CousinIT Mar 2025 #12

Yep. Both of the above. calimary Mar 2025 #22

I'd hate to see them reduce benefits for everybody KS Toronado Mar 2025 #15

IMO, believe we ought to make their Repug lives miserable -- call them over every petty allegorical oracle Mar 2025 #28

Amen, they deserve to be miserable KS Toronado Mar 2025 #31

This is also going to require people to have personal transportation. LisaM Mar 2025 #16

It's going to kill people around here. Our local SS office closed many years ago. mucholderthandirt Mar 2025 #25

They don't have the staff Puppyjive Mar 2025 #17

They closed our local offices twenty years ago bhikkhu Mar 2025 #18

Yes, we were told there was a secure computer system, it would save everybody. mucholderthandirt Mar 2025 #26

Step 2 is already tee'd up Ruby the Liberal Mar 2025 #19

We cannot allow this to happen. BarbD Mar 2025 #21

GOOD LUCK getting a single member of Congress to even mention it. nt CousinIT Mar 2025 #29

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