Social Security expenditures will rise from 19% to about 22%.

FORBES: Enough Is Enough On Raising The Federal Debt Limit

This budget proposal aims to control Social Security expenditures by calculating cost of living adjustments (COLA) in a way that proponents argue is a more accurate reflection of how prices for consumer goods fluctuate.

FORBES: Why Veterans' Advocates Don't Like Chained CPI

Now the spending has shot up, partly because of the recession and but also, we have a couple of wars going on and we have Medicare and social security expenditures going up and the tax revenues are way down now because of the recession.

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