He told me that Nebraska has 4.5% unemployment and a half-billion dollar state surplus.

FORBES: A Week In The American Heartland

If all of the above was implemented and we focused on producing a 500 Billion dollar annual surplus to be applied to debt reduction we might have a chance.

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Each dollar of that unified surplus can be used only once -- for cutting taxes, increasing spending, or buying down the debt.

WHITEHOUSE: Testimony of Jacob Lew