DiamondDave
Army Vet
Fiscal Year End Date
Claimed Surplus
Public Debt
Inter-gov Holdings
Total National Debt
FY1997 09/30/1997 None $3.789667T $1.623478T $5.413146T
FY1998 09/30/1998 $69.2B $3.733864T $55.8B $1.792328T $168.9B $5.526193T $113B
FY1999 09/30/1999 $122.7B $3.636104T $97.8B $2.020166T $227.8B $5.656270T $130.1B
FY2000 09/29/2000 $230.0B $3.405303T $230.8B $2.268874T $248.7B $5.674178T $17.9B
FY2001 09/28/2001 None $3.339310T $66.0B $2.468153T $199.3B $5.807463T $133.3B
Your same source shows that the debt in fact DECREASED in the year 2000:
Debt to the Penny (Daily History Search Application)
12/31/1999 $5,776,091,314,225.33
12/29/2000 $5,662,216,013,697.37 -113.9B
Again, showing there was an ACTUAL SURPLUS when Clinton was president, until Bush was elected and slashed revenes and brought back the fucking Republican record deficits.
You are indeed DENSE
FISCAL YEAR... FISCAL YEAR... the government runs on the fiscal year OCT1 thru SEP30
get it thru your thick fucking skull
The budget and the spending reporting are done in the FISCAL YEAR