The nation will default on its entitlement obligations before it defaults on its debt.
... and the hoards of the entitlement classes will riot in the streets, burning, killing and rampaging, yelling “Eat the rich!!” Will it be open season then?
I agree with you 100%. It won’t do it openly, either — but you can be damn sure that the implementation of a not-so-subtle euthanasia policy is surely in our future.