I never said I had a plan. I never claimed I was an economist. As for the support of the claim: Again it's just word of mouth. A lot of conservatives seem to be uneasy with a lot of what Trump is doing when they are honest about it. I'm talking about upper-middle class conservatives, though. You have an econ degree though. What do you do? Do you have a career in economics or are you just referring to some degree that is meaningless now since you haven't applied it.
I work in corporate underwriting and i have an econ/mba, but this is irrelevant and only brought it up because you want to pretend there's overwhelming consensus. There really isn't.
Of course these cuts will hurt in the short term, there's really no denying that but the alternative to do nothing is exponentially worse.
I'm tired of criticisms without solutions. If you don't like what's currently done ok fine, but then find another way to address this massive issue, doing nothing is no longer an option. Over the next decade SS solvency will be tested, our ability to fund other things will be tested as debt servicing cost will start to eat away the other spending.
At some point we have to address the unsustainable spending path we're on. It's the same as your personal finances, it's only for so long that you will be able to max out your credit cards before you run into issues. People want to pretend that a country can indefinitely spend way more than it takes in via tax receipts and it somehow works out in the end. That's not the way it works.