But his plan is not the only sound economic use of the surplus.

"How can we make use of the surplus rather than kill them?"

Republicans would spend much of the surplus on a tax break.

The first battle will be over the size of the surplus.

One is the issue of the large surplus that remains.

He will spend most of the surplus on tax cuts.

The announcement of the surplus is not likely to be much help.

The other half of the surplus would be used for housing, the Governor said.

The town council decided to spend some of the surplus on a theater.

That used only a few hundred thousand dollars of the surplus.