Souls, to be honest, I think the rot has gone to deep, and spread to far.
Just the debt is a problem which can only be solved by total collapse, otherwise you will not end the disastrous "entitlement" programs without a civil war with those of the welfare culture.
Think about it, this is a population that has to debate the most basic function of a gov't, enforcing it's borders. Such a nation neither can, nor should, survive.