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<blockquote data-quote="refineryworker05" data-source="post: 3969330" data-attributes="member: 66082">This is true, while I think social security has fundamentally been a huge benefit to older Americans, there is a huge inconsistency with conservative voters who love huge government programs the most, but who support a policy agenda that severely wants to cuts those programs and change them dramatically.I think that&#039;s because conservative voters see social security as being for &quot;people like themselves&quot;, and they see the phalanx of federal programs that they identify as &quot;welfare&quot; as being for groups of Americans they don&#039;t particularly like.So when conservative politicians discuss cutting entitlements, conservative voters picture all those groups of undeserving Americans getting their benefits cut (conservative voters really want to &quot;hurt&quot; those groups).&nbsp; While republican elected officials will leave their benefits alone because they deserve them.&nbsp; So even though its plain as day that conservative elected officials as policy want to cut these programs that are wildly popular with their voters, this charade persists.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="refineryworker05, post: 3969330, member: 66082"] This is true, while I think social security has fundamentally been a huge benefit to older Americans, there is a huge inconsistency with conservative voters who love huge government programs the most, but who support a policy agenda that severely wants to cuts those programs and change them dramatically. I think that's because conservative voters see social security as being for "people like themselves", and they see the phalanx of federal programs that they identify as "welfare" as being for groups of Americans they don't particularly like. So when conservative politicians discuss cutting entitlements, conservative voters picture all those groups of undeserving Americans getting their benefits cut (conservative voters really want to "hurt" those groups). While republican elected officials will leave their benefits alone because they deserve them. So even though its plain as day that conservative elected officials as policy want to cut these programs that are wildly popular with their voters, this charade persists. [/QUOTE]

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