Dissolving Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid

We have some really difficult decisions don’t we? I have been a proponent of eliminating social security, Medicare and Medicaid for years now. The tax money saved would be worth it and I would be willing personally to walk away from and not gain any benefits from it at all (even though I likely will never see any money anyway). I should be responsible for my own medical expenses and retirement expenses. One issue I personally face though is that since I am single, I get taxed way more than a person with kids. I understand the reasoning behind the deductions, but really it stifles my ability to even save for my own retirement - especially during this down economy. Thus I am forced to redistribute a huge amount of my income to pay for someone else's retirement. That is not my responsibility; it is theirs and theirs alone. Would it hurt people to eliminate these government-run failures - absolutely. I still think it is the right thing to do however. The government should then make all donations to charity tax free and families would then have to step up to the plate and take responsibility for their parent’s well-being and their own financial futures. Truly I see only one solution to our debt - cut these programs off and let charitable organizations help those who would be deeply affected by such cuts. Desperate times call for desperate measures and frankly, we cannot maintain this spending. We do not want to see an American economic collapse - no one in the world would because it would make the world turmoil during the great depression look like child's play. It is time to make the decision to put the federal government on a serious diet - no more excuses! Research the federal government's own financial charts and you will see how ludicrous these socialist policies really are. The federal budget should never be in a deficit - especially when it comes to problems that should have been dealt with years ago. Cutting these programs off would affect almost everyone I know, but it is the only answer. It is time to sacrifice for a higher cause and then help each other out. Our children will have no USA (at least as a free nation) in a very short time if we do not act decisively and never look back.