[Future Useless Eater]

...excess to be rebated to taxpayers or placed in "rainy day fund" if rebate expenses greater than surplus...

Thats REALLY funny! State Bureaucrats allowed to CHOOSE whether to KEEP taxpayer overpayments or GIVE THEM BACK...

Hmmmm... tough choice, let's see... THEY WILL ALWAYS KEEP the MONEY!!!
(Just look at communist Minnesota)

Then, later when there ARE surpluses, liberal groups will clamor for them all the time,
proposing 20 dollars in new liberal spending for every 1 dollar of surplus.
and they will always use the phrase "but the money is ALREADY THERE! -
We don't even have to raise taxes to fund this blah blah blah project!!"

[laredo44]

Then, later when there ARE surpluses, liberal groups will clamor for them all the time, proposing 20 dollars in new liberal spending for every 1 dollar of surplus. and they will always use the phrase "but the money is ALREADY THERE! - We don't even have to raise taxes to fund this blah blah blah project!!"

You are SO on target.