“Entitlement programs need to be cut off for future generations.”
No. They need to be cut off now.
And now we will hear from “conservatives” who have all kinds of reasons why their particular form of welfare is special and shouldn’t cut off.
You are going to need to have a cut off age. If we have to sell national assets to meet obligations to those that have given significant chunks of money expecting some day to benefit from that investment, we should sell the national assets. Add means testing to SS and medicare, medicaid.
Get rid of the IRS and transition to a flat tax, git rid of onerous regulations and we will grow our way out of our current predicament.
I wish I had a particular form of welfare. I’ve never received anything. Not even a student loan.
But I can see that some things need to continue.SS benefits need to continue if only for the reason that so many people have already paid into them their whole life.