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.
If you're having to defend your own posting style, you've lost. Face it, the way you worded the post, suggested we HAD a surplus and wouldn't have one AGAIN with the way things are.