I think people (Republicans and others) spend WAY too much time on the tax side and WAY too little time on the spending side. Of course the country wants the spending, but not the taxes, so we are kinda stuck.
If I were dictator for a day, I’d turn Social Security and Medicare into Welfare programs - make them means-tested and treat the elderly just like children with regard to child support - in other words, if an old person has kids, and one of them is a doctor - then that kid should pay the cost of his parent’s old age, not some stranger’s kid, at the point of a gun.
I don’t mind your turning them into welfare programs, but I do want you to give me my money back with interest. :>)