In fact, we now have the largest tax surplus in our nation's history.
The "Money Bill dispute" of 1753 revealed a tax surplus that was maintained until the 1790s.
Repair of storm damage, foreign debt repayments and aid to small businesses were to be funded from the 1988 tax surplus.
The tax surplus became a critical issue, because city officials wanted to exempt it from the calculation of any penalty.
The daimyo and their samurai did not produce any goods themselves, but they used the tax surplus from the land to fuel their consumption.
The report predicted that North sea oil revenue would have given an independent Scotland one of the strongest currencies in Europe and a large tax surplus.
Since flying is in any case generally not an option for people on average incomes, a hefty tax surplus would be a quite appropriate way of benefiting the climate.
He said it was the responsibility of the Governor and the Legislature to deal with tax surpluses or deficits.
"We have a tax surplus in America," Mr. Lott said, "and this will allow some of that surplus to stay with the people who earned it."
Any tax surplus goes straight back to you, the folks.