The Treasury Department wants you to Venmo it to help with the $36.65 trillion national debt.

On Wednesday, NPR’s Jack Corbett pointed out that there was an option on Pay.gov, the Treasury’s online payment platform, where Americans could go to throw their Venmo dollars at the gargantuan national debt. You can also use PayPal. The page is titled “Gifts to Reduce the Public Debt.”

  • mr_account
    11·
    3 months ago

    If every man, woman, and child would just donate a humble $90,000+ we’d have this debt paid off in no time

    • NocturnalMorning
      32·
      3 months ago

      Only 400,000 people would have to donate their entire salary for a year. Thats barely a small town in central Ohio. The debt crisis is basically over if we do that. #ProblemSolved

        • NocturnalMorning
          2·
          3 months ago

          Yep, whoops, trillions is bigger than i expected, off by a few decimals. Guess we’re just in debt 🤷‍♀️

            • NocturnalMorning
              5·
              3 months ago

              Eh, it’s all made up anyway. When you’re in debt a few thousand dollars, thats your problem. When you’re in debt billions or trillions of dollars, that’s their problem, whoever loaned you the money.