“SS, Medicare/Medicaid, and Defense cost more than the tax revenue government receives.”
So why start with the only program that people pay for (that would be SS...) Much of SS is not paid to retirees based on their contributions. Cut that part too. Cut All of medicaid. Don’t give people lifetime SS who have not paid in. In other words, cut the crap.
Easy solution.
Medicare is the program that insures the same seniors who receive social security. Good luck cutting medicare, FRiend.