I have one of those pins. They sell them at Claire's. The pin is pink and has a little flower on the top that flip-flops and has a feather too. I got it since I love pink fuzzy things. Heh heh. Oh, and they have blue one's too. XOXO.
When I have the time, I will take your post apart, one item at a time, but for starters, here is #1
The surplus was PROJECTED, and was based on the economic conditions remaining to be what they were up until the summer of 2000. When the recession began, the surplus disappeared. Surplusses are always projected, and are never correct because they assume too much about the economic condition 5 or 10 years down the road, and we all see how fast the economy can turn in a matter of months, as it did after 9/11.
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The surplus was PROJECTED, and was based on the economic conditions remaining to be what they were up until the summer of 2000. When the recession began, the surplus disappeared. Surplusses are always projected, and are never correct because they assume too much about the economic condition 5 or 10 years down the road, and we all see how fast the economy can turn in a matter of months, as it did after 9/11.
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