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There is no budget surplus.  They still use money collected for social
security to enhance government revenues.  Social security intake is about
100 billion.  The budget surplus is about 70 billion.  That leaves us with
surplus of -30 billion.

The deficit is also smaller because of falling interest rates.  Now the
government spends less each year to service its' debt.

The reason the budget is not really balanced is that no spending cuts were
made.  For this we can thank Clinton, who used it as a political tool for
demagoguery.  Lewinsky is the first time Clinton has lied.  It's not the
first time he's exploited people either for purely selfish reasons.

vtailor@gte.net wrote in article <6v9hb1$hfb$1@news-1.news.gte.net>...
> I wonder how many of you, including Gingrich himself, know that the
> federal agencies that report things like budget information to the
> President are _controlled_ and run by `Democrats' or, at best, by
> Democrat-controlled Republicans?
> 
> Which is why I sat bolt-upright an hour ago when it dawned on me,
> once again, that this budget surplus of ours is amazingly convenient.
> Clinton and the Democrats have done a long string of publicity stunts
> to bolster Clinton in his most damning and vulnerable moments during
> his presidency. The U. S. embassy bombings in Africa, WHICH CLINTON
> COULD HAVE PREVENTED, are the most glaring example of this, and I see
> no reason why it could not be proved that the surplus materialized
> almost out of thin air at just the right moment, and it may disappear,
> or become quite small, at the right moment as well.
> 
> In fact, if the surplus remains a `reality', and is kept before the
> attention of the voters long enough, I may begin to believe in its
> existence, but not for a long time coming.
>