The political class, which includes the MSM, can be expected to defend the main prop of the welfare state. They're not about to put the IRS, which through the income tax makes that possible, out of business any time soon.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
I agree with all of that. I just don’t see the seething voter hostility. I wish I did. It could simply be where I live. It stinks with liberals here.