The "surplus" was in projection only. It never materialized. All politicians spend money like drunken sailors. Well, I should apologize to sailors. Politicians even out spend them.
Case in point, who's saying they're going to raise taxes? Who's saying they want to socialize health care? Who's going to pay for it all? Easy questions to answer.
Well, good old gw took care of any projected surplus, didn't he? Maybe once we stop spending Billions in Iraq, we can see more attention spent on social programs and the environment.