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gulliver

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2. Not gonna trust USA Today

Reply to Jilly_in_VA (Original post)

Sat Jun 6, 2026, 12:43 PM

22 hrs ago

Warren asked for details. Good on her.

Basically, these could have been names of people whose birth dates showed it was ridiculous for them to still be alive and receiving Social Security. Do I think some "journalist" hack who is still unfortunate enough to be working in print journalism would search out the facts versus just posting clickbait? No.

I have absolutely zero tolerance for Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, or SNAP fraud. Zero. Long prison sentences, fines, whatever. Throw the book at them. These programs are vital.

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Social Security tried to assign fake death dates to 2.7M people: Whistleblower [View all] Jilly_in_VA 22 hrs ago OP

In what level of Hell are the offices of the people who think these things up? enough 22 hrs ago #1

The Elon Musk level. milestogo 21 hrs ago #7

Not gonna trust USA Today gulliver 22 hrs ago #2

Could have been. But is your info better than the OP? wnylib 19 hrs ago #15

Too bad they didn't do this to Musk. OnlinePoker 21 hrs ago #3

When you are dead you don't know it. Others feel the pain. Same thing happens when you are stupid. Ricky Gervais. twodogsbarking 21 hrs ago #4

Seems criminal... purr-rat beauty 21 hrs ago #5

In May, I got a letter from the bank wishing me condolences. Zackzzzz 21 hrs ago #6

It's a different (not too smart) group that sends out the condolence letters FakeNoose 20 hrs ago #13

And then they'll do it to the people they don't like...and the protestors. yellow dahlia 21 hrs ago #8

150-yr-old Social Security recipients AverageOldGuy 21 hrs ago #9

Good points. Musk and his kiddie Corps are way too stupid. GreenWave 20 hrs ago #10

Technically, it's not COBOL itself doing that assignment, as COBOL doesn't have a native Date data type AZJonnie 19 hrs ago #14

Good points. Thanks for adding some insight on this. wnylib 19 hrs ago #16

Fucking Republicans dave99 20 hrs ago #11

If they can do it to immigrants,... LudwigPastorius 20 hrs ago #12

Back around 1994 Jilly_in_VA 18 hrs ago #17