But since next year's overall surplus is expected to be mostly, if not entirely, accounted for by the Social Security surplus, it also means tax cuts later rather than sooner which is not what the Republican faithful really want.

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It's a poignant gesture and the wounds have not healed more than 230 years later, as the peaceful protest by Aborigine campaigners demonstrates.

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