Remember, trust fund increases (shown here properly as debt "in the red") are the combination of one year's surplus (stolen overpayments) plus interest paid against the previous year's balance.

1. This chart illustrates the hole or pit of debt we are digging for ourselves. To view a more typical chart of where we should be if the government had not stolen surplus funds click here.

2. What everyone refers to as one trust fund is actually the combination of the Federal Old Age & Survivors Insurance Trust and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund.
SOCIAL SECURITY'S RUNNING TAB
Deeper & Deeper in Debt
(in billions)
FISCAL 2008
(in millions)
Month
FOA&SI
Disability
Total
% nat'l debt
Open
$1,968.3
$213.8
$2,182.1
24.3
10/2007
$1,970.8
$212.3
$2,183.1
24.0
11-2007
$!,970.8
$212.3
$ 2,183.1
24.2
12-2007
$2,024.4
$215.0
$2,239.4*
24.3
1-2008
$2,042.6
$215.9
$2,258.5
24.5
This is after deducting $37.9 billion in semi-annual interest against the 2006 ending balance.
FISCAL 2007
(in millions)
Month
FOA&SI
Disability
Total
% nat'l debt
Open
$1,793.1
$202.2
$1,995.3
23.5
10/2006
$1,795.4
$200.7
$1,996.1
23.2
11/2006
$1,796.9
$199.7
$1,996.6
23.1
12/2006
$1,845.3
$203.9
$2,049.2
23.6
1/2007
$1,862.3
$205.1
$2,067.4
23.7
2/2007
$1,866.7
$205.5
$2,072.2
23.8
3/2007
$1,877.7
$204.8
$2,082.5
23.5
4/2007
$1,900.5
$206.7
$2,107.2
23.6
5/2007
$1,904.8
$205.9
$2,110.7
23.9
6/2007
$1,959.1
$210.8
$2,169.9
24.5
7/2007
$1,964.7
$209.9
$2,174.6
24.3
8/2007
$1,948.8
$205.7
$2,154.5
23.9
9/2007
$1,968.3
$213.8
$2,182.1
24.3
FISCAL 2006
(in millions)
UP $78.2 billion
Month
FOA&SI
Disability
Total
% nat'l debt
Open
$1,616.2
$193.3
$1,809.4
22.8
10/2005
$1,618.7
$192.2
$1,810.9
22.6
11/2005
$1,620.3
$191.5
$1,811.1
22.4
12/2005
$1,663.7
$195.7
$1,859.4
22.8
1/2006
$1,679.1
$196.8
$1,875.9
22.9
2/2006
$1,682.8
$196.4
$1,879.2
22.7
3/2006
$1,693.1
$196.7
$1,889.8
22.6
4/2006
$2,187.9
$191.6
$1,911.7
22.9
5/2006
$1,719.7
$198.2
$1,917.9
23.0
6/2006
$1,772.3
$203.6
$1,975.9
23.4
7/2006
$1,777.5
$202.7
$1,980.2
23.5
8/2006
$1,785.2
$202.2
$1,987.4
23.5
9/2006
$1,793.1
$202.2
$1,995.3
23.5
FOA&SI is the Federal Old Age & Survivors Insurance trust fund and "Disability" is the Federal Disability Insurance trust fund. The two are usually combined and referred to as one fund, the "Social Security Trust Fund." See running "Receipt-Outlay" tables for details.
Fiscal 2005
UP $173.4 billion
$86.5 billion surplus
$86.7 interest
Month
FOA&SI
Disability
Total
 Percent of debt
Start
$1,452.6
$182.8
$1,635.4
22.2
10/2004
$1,457.1
$182.2
$1,639.4
22.1
11/2004
$1,459.1
$181.7
 $1,640.8
21.8
12/2004
$1,500.8
$186.2
$1,687.0
22.2
1/2005
$1,515.9
$187.5
$1,703.4
22.3
2/2005
$1,517.6
$186.7
 $1,703.7
22.1
3/2005
$1,524.1
$186.6
 $1,710.7
22.0
4/2005
$1,543.3
$188.4
 $1,731.7
22.3
5/2005
$1,546.6
$188.1
$1,734.7
22.3
6/2005
$1,598.8
$193.7
 $1,792.5
22.9
7/2005
$1,604.7
$193.2
 $1,797.9
22.8
8/2005
$1,607.3
$192.8
$1,800.1
22.7
9/2005
$1,616.2
$193.3
$1,809.4
22.8
Fiscal 2004
UP $151.2 billion
$71.1 billion surplus
$80.1 billion interest
Month
FOA&SI
Disability
Total
 Percent of debt
Start
$1,313.4
$170.8
 $1,484.2
21.9
10/2003
$1,316.1
$170.6
 $1,486.7
21.6
11/2003
$1,317.9
$170.9
 $1,487.8
21.5
12/2003
$1,355.1
$175.3
 $1,530.4
21.8
1/2004
$1,369.6
$176.9
 $1,546.5
22.1
2/2004
$1,371.3
$176.8
 $1,548.1
21.8
3/2004
$1,376.1
$176.7
 $1,552.8
21.8
4/2004
$1,395.2
$179.0
$1,574.2
20.1
5/2004
$1,398.7
$178.5
$1,577.2
21.9
6/2004
$1,441.0
$183.5
$1,624.5
22.3
7/2004
$1,445.4
$183.4
$1,628.8
22.3
8/2004
$1,447.1
$182.7
$1,629.8
22.2
9/2004
$1,452.6
$182.8
$1,635.4
22.2
TRUST FUND
Fiscal 2003
UP $155.2 billion
$81.8 billion surplus
$73.4 billion interest
Month
FOA&SI
 Disability
Total
 Percent of debt
Open
$1,173.8
$155.3
$1,329.0
21.3
10/2002
$1,176.4
$155.2
$1,331.6
21.2
11/2002
$1,178.3
$155.2
$1,333.6
21.0
12/2002
$1,217.7
$160.4
 $1,378.1
21.5
1/2003
$1,230.9
$162.0
 $1,392.9
21.7
2/2003
$1,233.8
$162.3
 $1,396.1
21.7
3/2003
$1,239.1
$163.0
 $1,402.1
21.7
4/2003
$1,256.2
$165.3
$1,421.5
22.0
5/2003
$1,260.4
$165.2
$1,425.5
21.7
6/2003
$1,303.5
$170.7
$1,474.2
22.1
7/2003
$1,307.1
$171.0
 $1,478.1
21.9
8/2003
$1,309.1
$170.8
 $1,479.9
21.8
9/2003
$1,313.4
$170.8
 $1,484.2
21.9
$88.9 billion surplus - $70.2 billion interest
$98.7 billion surplus - $64.1 billion interest
$94.5 billion surplus - $53.6 billion interest
FOA&SI is the Federal Old Age & Survivors Insurance trust fund and "Disability" is the Federal Disability Insurance trust fund. The two are usually combined and referred to as one fund, the "Social Security Trust Fund."