[BigSkyFreeper]

Geesh, you have real reading comprehension issues. Did I say that we had a surplus? I said that the Prescription Plan alone would rule out the chance of us every running a surplus again. Where did I say that we had one right before Bush took office?

By using the word "again".

[JeffAtlanta]

By using the word "again".

Using the word "again" doesn't' mean that the condition has to current be in effect. If a person in 2005 said, "i don't think we will ever go to the moon AGAIN", does that mean that we had to be on the moon in 2004?

If a person in 2005 says "I think we will a President like Reagan again" does that mean that that Reagan must have been the previous president?

Likewise, if a person says "I don't think we will be able to run a surplus again", that doesn't mean that there had to be a surplus the previous year.