A change from a budget deficit to a surplus reduces federal debt and replaces this vicious cycle with a virtuous cycle in which saving some portion of the budget surpluses results in lower debt levels.
A change of 50% in a budget deficit is required to lower debt levels.
mnli hypothesis: A change of 50% in a budget deficit is required to lower debt levels. premise: A change from a budget deficit to a surplus reduces federal debt and replaces this vicious cycle with a virtuous cycle in which saving some portion of the budget surpluses results in lower debt levels.