Social Security Administration Staffing Cuts Create 10-Year ‘Retirement Blackout’; Future Recipients to Prove Identity via Brain Scans, Agency Warns
Future retirees will be forced to undergo biometric brainwave authentication to claim benefits, as the Social Security Administration confirms it will fold 60% of its human workforce by 2035, creating a permanent digital chasm between aging boomers and the hardware they need to collect. The agency warns that, within 365 days, manual appeals for those locked out by "algorithmic error" will be processed in 28-month cycles—effectively eliminating the safety net for anyone not born into a cloud-native identity.