"...what happened to the huge surplus we had when Bushy boy became president? "
That "surplus" was the same kind of lie that BozO is a penny pincher; it was a theoritical projection that no one who knew anything expected to see. And, after the hit our economy took following 9-11, it wasn't even a theoritical possiblity. Then came I-rock and the Afgannies ...
So, BozO, in typical innerlecshul libbrul detached from economic reality manner, took a still bad economic situation and made it worse by passing out wads of borrowed money to "spread the weath around" to Democrat supporter businesses and big union voters which has neither done any good, nor has it made many of his bought and paid for voter base happy because they want much more; as always!
Pollyticians learned long ago that if they wanted less of anything they should tax it AND if they wanted more of anything they should subsidize it. So, they tax working and subsidize not working and we get the results we deserve for electing them!