@gentoobro @Snidely_Whiplash @IAMAL_PHARIUS @Kalogerosstilitis2RevengeoftheJunta @Marshall1Banana > It would require the elimination of a lot of handouts, something that is politically extremely difficult.

Politicians don't care about the loss of handouts. They care about the loss of control caused by shrinking the federal government.

That's what makes it politically untenable, not the loss of the handouts.