Social Security Information Systems Near Collapse

matty619 writes "An Information Week article warns that the computer systems that run the Social Security Administration may collapse by 2012 due to increased workload, and a half-billion-dollar upgrade won't be ready until 2015. One of the biggest problems is the agency's transition to a new data center, according to a report (PDF) by the SSA's Inspector General. The IG has characterized the replacement of the SSA's National Computer Center — built in 1979 — as the SSA's 'primary IT investment' in the next few years."

Comments

Re:2012

[benjamindees]

Of course it's fraud. Roosevelt sold it to American workers as an "annuity".

And since variable annuities didn't even exist in the US until 1952, everyone knew what he meant was a fixed annuity, rather than a risky investment with no guarantee of return.

Do you really think he wouldn't have been hung from a lamppost if he had tried to sell a 15% tax to go towards a risky investment with no ownership stake or entitlement to money back in the middle of the great depression?

Re:2012

[tehcyder]

Ah, the pure boneheaded selfishness of the lesser-spotted libertarian.

I suppose you think you should be able to exempt yourself from taxes entirely because you don't use the roads, schools, army or rubbish collection as you fester in your basement imagining your enemies plotting against you.