By Travis Gettys Republicans have made clear they intend to cut Medicare and Social Security if they regain congressional majorities, and they’re willing to risk default on the nation’s debt as leverage. The Republican Study Committee released a budget plan earlier this year proposing gradual raises to eligibility age for Social Security and Medicare and making Donald Trump-era individual tax cuts permanent, and GOP lawmakers are threatening to hold the U.S. economy hostage to push those changes through a tight Senate and a Democratic president, reported Politico. “Spare me if you’re a Republi…