Draining the Social Security Trust Fund

[christian a. gregory]

> Second, the positive balance until 2004 remains the same under our
> assumptions, and still feeds the Trust Fund, which continues to grow
> per estimates. But at 2004, the balance is reduced from 10.62 to 0.06.
> That is 10.56% of OASDI income that does NOT go to fatten the Trust
> Fund.

I don't get the 10.62 number. That's the cost in 2004, right? How is it a
reduction in the balance? (Or am I reading this sentence wrong?)

Christian