0bama is right; it is entrenched and it’s not going to be removed. No more than Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid or Food Stamps will be.
The only way I see these programs going away is through a catastrophic military defeat and occupation by a foreign power, who abolishes them. Then, when we reclaim the country, we don’t reinstate them.
But short of that, all of these things are here to stay.
The old Soviet Republic simply disintegrated under the sheer weight of the central bureaucracy.
baraq and his fellow travelers have gotten another entitlement installed. This will be another wealth transfer vehicle, but more importantly, it will be used as a weapon against anyone who doesn’t get in line.