However, the catch in the new scheme was that any surplus would go to the company, not the employees' themselves.

It means the surplus just keeps piling up and goes to paying down the national debt.

In other circumstances, the surplus would have gone into the general fund for use in 1999.

In 1995, the figure would be $101.8 billion, or 85 percent, and in 1996 all the surplus would go into the fund.

By the late 1970s it became obvious that the petro-dollar surplus was not going to destroy the international monetary system.

To the degree that the surplus goes to spending - or tax cuts - those interest savings would not be realized.

If the surplus went to private taxpayers, who would pay for school repairs and books or build us a new air traffic control system?

The surplus will go for a variety of projects, including water and parks improvements.

Carter's surplus is then transferred and goes to Brad.

"If we elect a Democrat, the surplus will go away, because they'll spend it all," he said.