It turns out that you misread the COBOL code and it wasn’t a 0.02 addition to the total but an additional 0.02 to the multiplication to keep up with average inflation. You thought that it was done by something like a consumer price index or whatever, but it was really hand jammed in there.
Your phone starts blowing up with more news notifications about the whole thing. Now people are living off of 1988 dollars. BUT, you’re saving the government billions.
People are really mad and you get a text from your mom. Apparently some angry subreddits found out about what you did and are Doxing you. They also uncovered that your Aunt is a Nazi and that you shouldn’t be working in government. Elon says not to worry about it, you can’t let people get in the way of progress.
What do ya do?