Social Security Trust Fund Depletion Shock: Futurist Warns of AI-Powered Universal Basic Income Replacing Benefits by 2035
In a blistering new report released today, futurist Dr. Elena Vasquez predicts the upcoming Social Security trust fund depletion will not trigger a financial collapse, but instead catalyze a radical shift: a government-backed Universal Basic Income funded by AI automation taxes and cryptocurrency reserves. By 2035, Vasquez argues, traditional retirement benefits will be phased out entirely, replaced by a dynamic living wage adjusted monthly by machine learning algorithms. Critics call the forecast “science fiction,” but the Treasury Department has already commissioned a pilot program in Silicon Valley.