Not sure what your point is. About 60% of the federal budget is Social Security and Medicare. Besides defense (a large chunk of which is VA and pensions), the other big ticket item is SSDI which lso goes to the older at a very high rate. So it seems like the majority of federal dollars do, in fact, go to the elderly.
I'm not denying that - but the benefits have not been cut. The spending is larger than ever. The increase in government spending correlates with the hollowing out of the middle class. I'm very skeptical that even more spending will reverse it - sort of like building giant air conditioners to combat global warming.
