“....then the government risks losing any remaining credibility in any future programs”
“The Government” doesn’t have the money for the present programs it pays for using as yet uncollected future funds.
So I wouldn’t worry too much about “government credibility” for future programs - it’s already gone, along with any money that may have been available to pay for “future programs”.
“dehumanizing yet another class of Americans”
You mean like how the present programs dehumanize present and future (even unborn) taxpayers.
The RIGHT thing to do would be to acknowledge this fact and fix it today. We won’t do that, as we both know.
Which generation would you like to die as a result of a failing social security and medicare system? Yours or someone elses?
You may think you have the moral high ground, but you do not - you don’t care who dies in the future (when the program fails) as long as it is not you. Do I have that about right, or would you care to modify my interpretation of what you seem to be saying?
Attacking me as immoral ends the discussion
I'm against all of these programs, but no generation is going to die. The rules will just change.