Difficulties with the idea start with the very definition of budget balance.

He was not directly involved in this, but we did finally get to a budget balance by the way, that is true.

On average the advanced countries were in rough budget balance.

"No significant constituency seems to support taking the actions that will be necessary to move toward, and one hopes achieve, budget balance."

Tax revenues from increased profits should shrink the deficit and bring about budget balance in our time.

States have rainy-day funds to achieve budget balance in hard times.

The Mayor has authority to impound funds when necessary to make the budget balance.

We are not trying to maintain budget balance come what may.

New annual deficit ceilings were set, and the date for budget balance was put off till 1993.

These are far more complex issues than any of the possible interpretations of the budget balance.