He’ll cut the only program the beneficiaries paid for - social security. This will make the libertarian hearts leap.
And the real problem is boldly stated. Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die. Until everybody agrees to give back their own handouts nothing will be done. Yes SS is a handout a few years after retirement. Most people get back what they paid in very quickly, the next 15 years of retirement is handouts. Nothing turns a tea partier into a statist more than advocating cutting their Social Security and Medicaire. Since these two make up a huge percentage of Federal outlays, everything else is sophistry. We have met the enemy and the enemy is us.