My favorite theoretical question, a litmus test for conservatives is this: Would you roll our government back to its limited constitutionally activities even if you have to give up Social Security? I rarely get a yes and usually hear a litany of excuses as to why that person, who claims to be in favor of limited, small, constitutional, low tax, stay out of my life government, is owed, or earned, or promised, or sacrificed, or served in the military, is owed their check and how most everyone else did not.
Many of them are on this forum.
“Many of them are on this forum.”
Yes they are, and I hear the same, angry, lines from them. As I often point out, they are in STRONGLY in favor of welfare to the OTHER GUYS, but not to themselves (such as means-testing Social Security).
It is really sad. These are the people that we need to support freedom in this country, but FDR was able to buy them off...even 70 years after his death.