Yeah, but the leftover isn't enough to paper over one year's deficits. How is this supposed to cover several years?
They rolled the dice and hoped that revenue would increase by a large enough amount each year to get them off the hook.
The problem is if ya don't control or cut spending, which they have not done adequately by any stretch of anyone's imagination, it'll never work.
The leftover was about $8 Billion. That combined with accelerating the revenues through new federal legislation has given them quite a piggy bank.
"What cliff?" they say. The future looks muy peligroso!