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To: Bill who wrote (65790)	4/30/2008 11:44:36 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 90947

It doesn't reduce the deficit. Any shuttling between accounts is treated as borrowed money. It isn't the shuffling between accounts that reduces the deficit, its income for the government vs. outgo. Even if it doesn't leave the account, its still income for the government. For SS the income is considered to reduce the deficit. I know that one 100%. For the road fund, I'm only about 80 or 90% sure, but if it doesn't count as reducing the deficit, it should. The government is one entity, not several or dozens.