One of the big stories coming out of this is the inability to get anything done in the next two years. Therefore ... the budget surplus is going to pile up dramatically because Congress won't agree on big tax cuts or big spending hikes.
We are glad to see Democrats recognize the need for tax relief. However, with a surplus on hand, we can eliminate the marriage penalty without raising taxes on anyone else." ()
We all know that by spending the Social Security surplus year after year, Congress is stealing from our children and grandchildren,
In a slow-growing world that is short on aggregate demand, Germany's trade surplus is a problem.
We are committed to setting aside the 700 billion dollars in surplus for tax cuts, ... Having taken care of Social Security, we believe the extra money should go to tax cuts. Period.
The surplus will continue shrinking as oil prices push up imports. The biggest concern is that rising oil prices could derail growth in the U.S. and other countries, which would be a blow to Japanese exports.
The surplus will begin to moderate at some point relatively soon, partly because of some slowing in U.S. growth and partly because Japanese imports will begin to catch up a bit to the export surge.
The surplus revenue which they occasion beyond average wages and profits is a revenue for which no additional sacrifice has been made.
The surplus creates an environment where there's a tremendous amount of saving being freed up for private investment every time the government pays down its debt, that frees funds to flow into private investments. That has created this strong growth economy that we have.
The surplus confirms that business tax cuts are affordable and so are personal tax cuts.