11.   All this has been made possible by the booming economy, which has filled federal tax coffers to overflowing and ushered in a new era of budget surpluses.

12.   Also, a budget surplus and a sound economy means there is more money to fix the system.

13.   Also Friday, the government reported that the budget surplus in June was a lot smaller than for the same month last year.

14.   Although the catalyst for tax-cut initiatives has been the promise of substantial federal budget surpluses, tax relief would be justified in any event.

15.   Altogether, these budget proposals for low- and moderate-income persons amount to a modest tax cut that would use the budget surplus to help the nation grow together.

16.   An enormous budget surplus was the result.

17.   Analysts were disappointed to see that it does not appear to create the budget surplus that the IMF has demanded as a key condition for continued aid.

18.   And after that it enjoins higher, not lower, budget surpluses.

19.   And Duncan was the one pointing out as board president the options available for stadium-shopping with the budget surplus the district was accumulating.

20.   An equally volatile fight should develop over distribution of the budget surplus.