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Had Gore won the presidency in 2000 what would the budget look like today? I'm assuming there isn't tax cuts, the surplus such that it is is used to help make SS solvent (Gore's campaign promise about the surplus) while that surplus erodes due to the stagnating economy after the dot com bubble bursting. Perhaps by 2008 there is another cyclical downturn related to real estate, but not as bad as IOTL. Without the Bush Tax Cuts (ostensibly to reinvigorate the economy) what would the budget and overall economy look like? Let's say the 9/11 attacks are thwarted for the sake of argument, so there is no Afghanistan or Iraq invasion or War on Terror (though perhaps a drone assassination of Bin Laden). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bin_Laden_Issue_Station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_tax_cuts