11.   Both sides said they were willing to run deficits for a year or two in an effort to revive the economy and pay the bill for national security.

12.   Both the United Nations and the World Bank cautioned Vietnam late last year about the danger of running deficits at such levels.

13.   All demographic groups said it was a bad thing for the nation to run a deficit.

14.   Bush has said paying the costs of war and doing what is necessary to recover from recession are more important than worrying about running short-term deficits.

15.   But the Bush administration says the Medicare program, taken as a whole, is actually running large deficits.

16.   But the government is also running huge deficits and sorely needs revenue to pay its bills.

17.   But the national government can run a deficit.

18.   But when it runs deficits, Social Security is on its own.

19.   By definition, the Part B fund never runs a deficit.

20.   Congress could run a deficit if both houses approved it by a three-fifths vote.