The government could invest now because of the budget surplus that they had.
have a budget surplus
A budget surplus results when the goverment collects more money than it spends.
there is a surplus or profit.
A surplus budget is a year in which more money is taken in than is spent. This situation is very unusual in recent years, but did occur a couple of times in the 1990s.
1969, 1998, 1999, 2000, and finally 2001 these five years had budget surplus for Pakistan
in 1998 the United States achieved its first federal budget surplus
there is a budget surplus
Budget deficit, surplus, and balanced.
When Bill Clinton left office it was believed that he left with a budget surplus. It has since been reported that there was no actual surplus; it was all "on paper."
The government had a surplus during some of Hoover's years in office . There was a 12-month period during which there was a surplus under Clinton . Of course, Congress controls the budget, the President can only make suggestions but sometimes he can spend less than he was authorized to spend by Congress.
Has shown a budget surplus for only two years
C. there was a budget surplus