FIFA's current surplus, money in the bank, is $1.28 billion.
"There are 60 or 70 countries with surplus money, and six or seven financial centres with expertise in wealth management".
He was awash in surplus money and optimistic that his plan to slash taxes would meet a far better fate.
Is it ethical to raise more than the required $2,500 and apply the surplus money to those costs?
The fact is, I'll use the surplus money to fix Social Security, cut your taxes and pay down the debt.
For 10 years, beginning in 1998, Mr. Sampson, as a court-appointed referee, supervised escrow accounts of surplus money from foreclosure sales.
Nancy Dries, a spokeswoman for the top-ranked Millburn district, which has used surplus money to avoid major cuts, said it was "business as usual" there.
The county clerk in Brooklyn, Nancy T. Sunshine, said her office did not have oversight of surplus money from foreclosure sales.
They come with little bank credit-line support in a liquidity crunch, and rely on a cushion of surplus money or insurance called "credit enhancement".
Eight staff members, they said, are dedicated to collecting surplus money, and Thacher Associates, an investigative firm, is on call for occasional help.
That happened in 2012, when officials covered a $1 billion fuel deficit by tapping surplus money budgeted for Afghan security forces.
