Where is the discussion of limiting Welfare benefits (not paid for), especially for illegals--or how about just evicting them altogether? Where is the talk of putting the FedGov back in its Constitutional cage and reducing expenditures that way?
There are a lot of ways to 'save money', but those who paid for a benefit are mentioned first. Regardless of what anyone says, that's how it was sold to the recipients, and some of us have paid in over half a century (still not collecting benefits), chasing the moving targets of exemption and full benefits.
I'm not against the idea of means testing, nor against reforms to move those just coming into the workforce into something different, but with the war on my profession, the rampant printing of money to pay off people not even Americans here and abroad, and the inflation that has fostered, along with the rest of the policies that now, despite my best efforts guarantee I will have to continue working as long as I am able, even if I collect the SS benefits I am told are due me. Government policy and the outright attack on my industry while subsidizing "alternatives" has not only directly affected me, but devastated my portfolio.
For those of you in better shape, I am happy. I get it. You don't need it, so you are willing to toss it, even call it an "entitlement" like welfare, Food Stamps, and Medicaid, but there are a lot of people who put their faith in a program they paid into who will be left in the cold.
If nothing else, just give me my money back, and I'll get by. Don't bother to tax it again.