It includes "overpayment" to the SS trust fund as well as emergency funds for Iraq.
Thats the only kind of deficit accounting that makes economic sense.
BTW, the SS "trust fund" is, economically, just a fiction. Its a way for accounting for benefits promises, thats all.
--BTW, the SS "trust fund" is, economically, just a fiction. Its a way for accounting for benefits promises, thats all.--
There is a SS trust fund. It is just filled with IOU's.