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2025-02-17 18:01:08 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 26DC0075E259872418DD814E9C4B2D0BC493EA890F009EE4489C46D8F2DFCE1C
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Original Note:
The database was written in COBOL which returns May 20, 1875 whenever a date field is empty. It is likely that the people still receiving the benefits are not 140+ years old, but rather that the database does not contain their date of birth. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/2/14/2303889/-Nope-There-are-no-150-year-olds-on-Social-Security-It-s-COBOL
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