The US Government says that its budget surplus will be $1,000bn (£600bn) higher than previously planned over the next decade and a half.
The government's coffers have been boosted by the strong economy, which has registered nine straight years of economic growth - the longest peacetime boom in history.
The Clinton administration says it wants to use the budget surplus to pay off the entire $3,700bn national debt by 2015.
And it plans to boost spending on Medicare and Social Security, the programmes that provide income for the elderly.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/380217.stmInteresting to know Republicuns already had a solution to the budget surplus. Tax cuts.
To a Republicant the cure for cancer is tax cuts.