> The point at which the government should have rewritten their COBOL systems into a language that would have a talent pool to draw from was at least 30 years a

> The point at which the government should have rewritten their COBOL systems into a language that would have a talent pool to draw from was at least 30 years ago. Lack of foresight, lack of understanding that codebases are a living thing and are never "done". But hey, let's all work for ad companies and put our best minds at solving how we could make people see more ads! Isn't it the power of the executive branch to requisition corporations or people in time of deep crisis in order maintain the continuity of government and its critical systems? Isn't unemployment claims such a critical system?