Yet I do not see “conservatives” arguing that it needs to be deleted, as it is against natural rights.
Just like SS, MW is some kind of sacred cow that no one dares touch. All from FDR era and thinking.
I’d do SO much more than touch the sacred cow, I’d make hamburgers outta it!
Obviously, eliminating SS for those who are currently receiving it or soon to receive it is an almost impossible sell, and the GOP would risk losing the vote of its most loyal constituency: the elderly and aging.
However, a gradual phase-out of SS could be sold, i.e. exempt all those currently on it or to be on it within the next 5-10 years, while benefits for future recipients would be diminished in inverse proportion with how long they've been paying (i.e. so that someone just entering the workforce pays nothing and will eventually receive nothing).
I'm not sure eliminating Federal minimum wage would be so hard a sell - many states have their own minimum wage laws that wouldn't change, while conservative states that don't have their own minimum wage laws would probably support candidates who oppose one at the federal level.