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To: Roads End who wrote (63306)	1/30/2001 8:23:08 PM
From: oldirtybastard	Respond to of 436258

"...Actual surpluses could prove to be below the Congressional Budget Office estimates if the economy hits a prolonged slowdown. Underlining that uncertainty, about two-thirds of the projected non-Social Security surplus for the decade - or $2.1 trillion - would come in the final five years of the 10-year period. Most economists agree that it is extremely difficult to accurately predict the performance of the economy and the federal budget that far into the future." might as well have a retarded monkey make this forecast, imo, since they are probably not taking into account the consequences of this bubble eventually unwinding