The problem is that even Trump won't dare to touch our insane spending... which has giveaways for EVERYONE.
Take Social Security and Medicare... which were retirement benfits enacted when our life spans were much much shorter.
But who wants to work after 65?
So we hyperventilate about much smaller amounts because they involve bogeymen.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/20/business/treasury-report-shows-1-7-trillion-deficit.html