[Budget System and Concepts]
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                        THE BUDGET SYSTEM AND CONCEPTS








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                    BUDGET OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
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                            Fiscal Year 2001







                          Table II-1. RECEIPTS, OUTLAYS, AND SURPLUS OR DEFICIT
                                   (Dollar amounts in billions)

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                         1999____________________Estimates_______________________________________________________Total 
                       Actual   2000    2001   2002   2003   2004   2005    2006   2007   2008   2009   2010  2001-2010     -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Receipts...........    1,827    1,956   2,019  2,081  2,147  2,236  2,341   2,440  2559   2,676  2,785  2,917    24,202   

Outlays............    1,703    1,790   1,835  1,895  1,963  2,041  2,125   2,185  2,267  2,362  2,456  2,553    21,683   
 
Total unified budget
  surplus...........     124      167     184    186    185    195    215     256    292    314    329    363     2,519   

Debt Reduction:   
  Social Security sol-
    vency lock-box..     124      148     160    172    184    195    214     224    239    250    260    272     2,169   

  Medicare solvency
   transfers .......     ....    ....      15     13    ....   ....   ....     26      47     57     61     80      299   

  Reserve for cata-
    strophic prescrip-
    tion drug coverage   ....    ....     ....   ....   ....   ....   ....      4       5      7      8      11      35   


On-Budget Surplus...       1       19       9      1     *       *      2      1       1      *      *       *      16   
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Total debt reduction     124      167     184    186    185    195    215     256    292    314    329    363     2,519   
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*$500 million or less.

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