There is another solution.
You either manufacture or ignite a financial crisis, make the case that the current regulatory system is inadequate, and potentially cede sovereignty to a supra-national government with a regional or global currency. In the midst of all the number changes, folks lose track of Social Insecurity and Medifail.
Presto, problem solved.
The establishment maintains its power, the globalists get their dream State, and the Constitution (a pesky obstacle to the emergency of the "new world order") is banished.
Of course, there is always the risk that the financial crisis could get out of control, inciting the people to anger and action, and then turning on the very establishment that sparked the crisis in the first place.
Older folks already DEPENDENT on these programs would never forget them, and especially so if the payments stopped due to lack of money. Our liberal government has created a monster that gave liberalism life yet shall also be it's end. Remember, liberals survive only by giving away the wealth of others. This nation is financially on life support and it's sources of wealth are quickly evaporating.