Democrats and Republicans agree on very little in this polarized era, but one area of unity is entitlement reform: Both sides agree it’s off the table. While it’s true that entitlement reform polls poorly with voters across the board, polling does not explain why voters hold potential cuts to entitlements in such disdain relative to other government spending cuts, nor why parties are so afraid of even bringing up the topic.
John Gustavsson is a Swedish conservative writer with a Ph.D. in economics, with past experience as a policy adviser and researcher in the European Parliament.
