[BigSkyFreeper]

Using the word "again" doesn't' mean that the condition has to current be in effect.

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.

[JeffAtlanta]

If you're having to defend your own posting style, you've lost.

I'm not defending my posting style - I'm defending the English language. Using the word "again" means that the condition has existed sometime in the past.

I can't be held responsible for your inability to understand the meaning of the word "again".