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Stable until it shot up to nearly £2000 this april and it is forecast to hit 2800 later on. there are already 6 million households spending more than 10% on fuel poverty. that was forecast to hit 12 million later this year. it's not just this crushing household incomes, general inflation is at 9% and it is going to hit 10% this year. leading economists say that many will now be spared fuel poverty, but some nagging questions remain. this poverty, but some nagging questions remain. , , . , poverty, but some nagging questions remain. , , ., , remain. this is a big package. the chancellor — re...

Hemline of the government to get this bill through and to get it funded properly and to make it permanent is truly beyond comprehension, even for a d dysfunctional body. i'm not quite sure -- there needn't be a pitch. >> but there has to be, right? because the justice department says, you know, you've got the $7.4 billion that was allotted for the fund in 2015. it's nearly been depleted. there are thousands more claims still expected. and their approach, as we outlined, is to cut the benefit level for current recipients and for future -- >> the justice department, though, the reason that it's ...

You seen in the labor force? record numbers of people dropping out of the work force. i predict to you on this show that when we get this new trustee's report that the bankruptcy date is going to be moved closer because we have millions of people who are disappearing from the labor force. when they're not working, jim, they're not paying payroll tablgfaxes to fund seniors. and the people dropping out in large numbers is young people. >> the president had in there a change in the cost of living increase. it would have amounted to about .25%, one-quarter of 1% off the future increase in benefits...

So the simple question becomes, is that fair? talking points has no problem paying for safety net entitlements and as you may know we give away millions of dollars to the poor but now i'm being asked to pay for somebody's, passion, by supporting their, health insurance. martha: how about that? new hampshire senator kelly ayote was at yesterday's budget committee hearing. she asked the cbo director about his report on obamacare and the labor market and she joins me here today. good to have you here today. >> good to be here, martha. martha: doug elmendorf has been very specific about the impact...

>> right now this is generational theft it means you and you and i are stealing from these kids. will it's like i am sorry, i need this here. can i have -- we have to pay for my medicare. >> i don't like it. >> wasn't very nice of you to steal from my sister like that. >> they don't like it. but they don't vote. even when they come to voting age we older people are much more likely to vote. i don't see how this is going to end well. >> the good news is we can make adjustments that are modest starting now. the bad news. >> like? >> we could make social security benefits not rise over time. some...