First, I never mentioned inflation adjustment, that was you, but nice try!apparently you reading compensation has failed you? (<---not actually a question)
tell me again how a surplus can vanish based on inflation adjustment.
go on, don't be shy.
i'll wait here for the answer.
The national debt is a combination of public debt and intragovernmental holdings. The public debt is American public treasury bills, savings bonds, government retirement funds, etc. Intragovernmental holdings are when the government borrows money from the people, most of it came from social security $150billion+.
Clinton borrowed over $246Billion from off budget funds(intragovernmental holdings) his $230B surplus was actually a $16Billion deficit.
Hope the wait was worth it, rookie.