> I can't help but think that's meaningless when you've got an $18 trillion deficit.
We get deficits via a lot of $6.3M/yr expenditures.
We get deficits via a lot of $6.3M/yr expenditures.
...and rising, and falling, and rising, etc. Short-term movement depends on the economy and on the year of Presidential tenure (i.e. expect more spending in year one than year seven). The total over any decade is unlikely to be a surplus.