I like your chart best. At least it reflects the actual 2001 non surplus.
(The budget showed a surplus BUT there was $77B deficit!!??)
I’m not a fan of lies, even when the selected accounting method is the source of the lie. If your debt is going up, you don’t have a surplus no matter what the accountants claim.
It’s like Planned Parenthood claiming only 3% of their procedures are abortion, when 94% of their interactions with pregnant women include an abortion and that is the majority of their revenue.