What's maddening is that there never has been a surplus.
As long as you're $6T in debt, there is no surplus.
The only difference between Enron and the U.S. government is that Enron has been allowed to fail.
Better to go from $6 Trillion in debt to $5 or $4 Trillian. Whch president do you think will leave our children with more debt? Reagan or Bush?