Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.
It’s like Alexander the Great untying the Gordian knot by cutting it in half, but if the Gordian knot was actually important and cutting it in half could destroy Phrygia.
It’s like Alexander the Great untying the Gordian knot by cutting it in half, but if the Gordian knot was actually important and cutting it in half could destroy Phrygia.
(This might not even be a good analogy.)