1.   Both projections assume that you use other funds to pay the taxes generated by the fund portfolio.

2.   But because the projection assumes normal weather, warmer than normal temperatures could mean consumers use less gas.

3.   But what will happen if the economy is not as strong as the projections assume?

4.   Daniels noted, for example, that the latest CBO projections assume that government spending will grow with inflation.

5.   Current projections assume things will pick up by the end of this year.

6.   Further, the projections assume what many say is an unrealistically low level of increases in government spending.

7.   The high-speed projections assume that signals are improved, curves straightened and stations rebuilt.

8.   The projections assume that as they age, adults will adopt the current consumption rates of the age group preceding them.

9.   The projection assumes that the financial markets would perform only modestly over the next year.

10.   The surplus projections assume the economy will continue to grow.