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Calculations by both private and official sources show that the existence of any 10-year surplus in the non-Social Security part of the budget depends upon a fiction: It is that this and future Congresses and presidents will agree to cut domestic and military spending (other than entitlements) by some 40 percent over the next 10 years.
The Republicans won: 1) a 0.38 percent across-the-board budget cut; 2) increased spending on defense and veterans' health; and 3) the ability to claim to have protected the Social Security surplus.
This effusively named tax cut would, even after some cosmetic improvements to placate fiscal conservatives, likely absorb more than the total 10-year surplus.
The WP budget lead stresses high up Clinton's view that the first order of business for any surplus is balancing the budget, not cutting taxes or increasing spending.
(2) outlays for the defense, Social Security, Medicare, and net interest functions; (3) allother receipts and outlays; and (4) the deficit or surplus.