by user Dannyjnorman President Bush 's crystal ball shows the budget balanced by 2012. The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) shows a revenue surplus for 2012. And interestingly enough, the liberal think tank, Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, is willing to admit the budget is headed in the right direction. > "Right now, we're in some sense in a relatively good spot...We're in the sixth year of an economic expansion," a time when federal revenues often rise along with a growing economy. There are some assumptions though. __NOEDITSECTION__