On the recordMay 14, 2012
Well, of course. And the spending issue is very interesting. I look to my colleague from Tennessee, who is really one of the deficit hawks in the Senate, and when I look at the statistics that are being put out about the entitlement spending, the entitlement spending today is over 50 percent of our spending every year--mandatory spending. In 10 years it is going to be 75 percent of the spending in this country. So I would ask my friend from Tennessee--because he has been pure on this issue, being the deficit hawk he is--how would we be able to solve the spending problem of this country without addressing Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid--mandatory spending--which will be at 75 percent of the budget in 10 years if we continue at this rate?
