We have a huge underclass that has been on the government dole for 40 or more years. That mean entire generations of people know nothing but government handouts. It has become an expectation and in their mind a right as dear to their hearts as freedom of speech is to yours.
What do you think will happen when these benefits are cut?
Don’t also forget the government workers. They are habituated to govthink, and in some ways may be worse off than those on the dole, whom in my observation show immense flexibility and creativeness in ‘working’ the system.
They’ll be the absolute last to be cut, due to political considerations.
And if and whent hey are, those cuts will be attributed to the greed of the “haves”.