they are having trouble makes ends meet. i'm very upset about the president's proposal which is designed to make people like me happy, not this conservative, of changing the indexing of social security. we don't need to balance the budget on the backs of social security. >> the health care costs largely, the cost of living increases and the way it's calculated now doesn't help seniors keep up with the true cost of living. isn't this going to make it even worse? >> i do think it's tough and i think peter has a good point. i think it's important to recognize, though, that in the budget, not only do they include this chain cpi measure that you guys are talking about. >> chain cpi are the way that the adjustments are made to keep up with inflation and it's going to be less now. >> the inflation rate will grow more slowly so the cost of living adjustment will be less. the thing is, they put a bump up