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In his recent budget, the president tried to conceal the fact that there was a surplus, and the Republicans, with their talk about a "lockbox" for Social Security, have confused everyone, probably including themselves.
However, the fact that the federal budget has turned the corner from deficit to surplus does not reduce the importance of effective and efficient government-nor does it reduce the importance of fiscal discipline.
The Wall Street Journal "Washington Wire" runs some poll figures about the budget surplus: 45 percent prefer using it for Social Security, 29 percent want it to go for domestic spending, and only 22 percent favor tax cuts.
The federal government has gone from the budget deficits of recent decades to surplus as a result of a growing economy and difficult decisions to reduce deficits . We appear-at least for the near
The primary surplus would be even larger than it is if the economy were not depressed, depressing tax receipts too.