I agree with all of you who oppose all these programs on Constitutional grounds. I believe that it would be morally wrong to end them abruptly, though. There has to be a phasing out. That is what Republicans have been working toward for a long time (seriously since 1994) as a general statement. This is consistent with the current statement.
Unfortunately, the Republicans, though they controlled the reins of government for years, didn’t act to “phase them out,” as you say. They grew them.
Why should I believe any of their pretty rhetoric now?