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Politics : Electoral College 2000 - Ahead of the Curve
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To: TraderGreg who wrote (5586)12/10/2000 12:48:37 AM
From: Mama Bear  Read Replies (1) of 6710
 
"The government has been taking in more than it spends each of the last several years. "

No, it hasn't. The debt has grown in each of those years. If the gov't was taking in more than it spent, the debt would be decreasing, not increasing.

"except for the fact that possibly much of the surplus was used to repay the Social Security Trust fund."

There is nothing in the trust fund but IOU's.

Here's another link where you can download the spreadsheet.

publicdebt.treas.gov

Regards,

Barb
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