Eventually, entitlement spending will grow to the point where no government agency will have the funding to operate.
Of the tax revenues coming in, a huge amount is shifted over to entitlement spending. There are fewer workers than takers. And to buy political power, politicians keep funneling more money to the takers, even while decreasing funding for the agencies that actually do needed work (like CDC, FDA, DoD, etc.).
Look at the link in my tag. It is very sobering.
You are one of the few who get this.