It's all about entitlement programs and long overdue reforms across the board.
The left helped install and prop these pigs up for years.
While they may have provided much relief to many in need over the years , we are at the point where there are better ways to deal with the issues at hand and we must pursue solutions or pay even more dearly down the road financially and societally.
It seems that Everett Dirksen said it best.. a few dollars here , a few more dollars there and before ya know it, you're talking about some serious money.
The 'pass the major issues of our time onto future generations' attitude must and can be changed but only if rational folks are involved in those changes and implementing them.
Sadly, there are not enough of them in Congress today that agree, imo..