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  For anyone who's been paying attention over the past couple decades, it's obvious that there has never been a plan. They just say stuff because it sounds good then figure out details later.
context: They are going to try and cut Medicaid and SNAP (Food Stamps). Why?
  
  
  Medicaid and SNAP are means-tested programs designed for the needy. They are, in traditional terms, welfare. Medicare and Social Security are not seen as welfare because recipients (with exceptions) pay into these programs all of their lives and then retire. 
  
  
  Recipients of Medicare/Social Security tend to be older and vote more often. Any political party would probably be fearful of their votes.
  
  
  So, the Republicans will so after these programs. They want to scale back the social welfare state and they see this as their chance. >
  
  They have been gunning for Social Security for years.  They're just really careful of how they market it.