So I went to the Fed website and I see different figures. There is no question that surplus reduced debt from 1999 to 2000:
Year Total Debt
1994 4,800,149,946,143.75
1995 4,988,664,979,014.54
1996 5,323,171,750,783.19
1997 5,502,388,012,375.95
1998 5,614,217,021,195.87
1999 5,776,091,314,225.33
2000 5,662,216,013,697.37
2001 5,943,438,563,436.13
2002 6,405,707,456,847.53
2003 6,997,964,247,818.28
2004 7,596,142,802,424.14
2005 8,170,424,541,313.62
2006 8,680,224,380,086.18
2007 9,229,172,659,218.31
2008 10,699,804,864,612.10
Today 12,011,787,382,266.60
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