There’s lots wrong with the current system, but the truth is SS and Medicare both have made promises so far beyond what the country can support that it is an existential issue. All that welfare stuff, culturally corrosive as some of it might be, is still the small potatoes. If you’re going to have a knock-down fight, it might as well be about what’s most important.
The first cuts should be the illegals, then those who have never worked and paid into the system.
Why should Granny’s prescription drugs be cut when non-citizens are getting billions of dollars of free care?
Why should Granny’s pain medication be cut when Jose gets to go to a free methadone clinic and Maria is getting a free epidural delivering her baby?
Why should Granny not be able to afford gas in her car when Jose gets a free car, free gas, all insured, with AAA and towing.
Why should Granny not be able to afford to heat her apartment when 17 year old welfare moms are getting free heating in their free apartments with their free furniture.