US accepting Venmo and PayPal donations to pay off national debt

[Morphine Prince 109,645]

Americans, if they’re so inclined, can now donate to pay down the national debt via Venmo and PayPal. 

The U.S. Treasury Department’s little-known program has been around for decades, and Americans have donated $67.3 million in the last 29 years, which has done little to bring down the current $36.7 trillion in debt. 

Even a generous donation is unlikely to make much of a difference, however. The $67.3 million given since 1996 only accounts for 20 minutes of debt, according to Axios. 

The national debt, which measures what the U.S. owes its creditors, rose to $36,721,531,033,603 Friday, according to the latest numbers published by the Treasury Department. That is up about $34.5 billion from the figure reported the previous day.

Forty years ago, the national debt was $907 billion.

Source: https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/us-treasury-department-now-offers-novel-method-pay-nations-whopping-36-trillion-debt

 

[Squidward T 2,470]

People just keep on charging credit cards. My friend has been on 5 trips and puts it on their credit cards and says to me “I’ll worry about it later, I only live once” 🤦🏻‍♂️

[TheOriginalOne 11,566]

Tr*mp’s Amerikkka is so ghetto 

[Ouranos 995]

6 minutes ago, TheOriginalOne said:

Tr*mp’s Amerikkka is so ghetto 

I despise the turd but this is not a new thing reading is what?

 

fundamental 

[weed 78,871]

now why da hell would I donate to america.... and probably get taxed on it lmao

[ThisGuyTony 34,838]

Who’s dumb enough to do that?  

[Morphine Prince 109,645]

10 minutes ago, ThisGuyTony said:

Who’s dumb enough to do that?  

"Americans have donated $67.3 million in the last 29 years"

The fact people have actually donated is WILD.

Imagine being this brainwashed. 

[Hadrian 2,626]

I'd rather withdraw all of the money in my accounts as one dollar bills and burn them all individually than do this.

[Helxig 45,330]

The UD citizens already donate $4TRILLION dollars a year.. it's called taxes. I call it a donation because it certainly isn't going back into anything to help the people.. all the money and yet no funded healthcare. And they're in debt still? Sounds like the government's problem not the people's

[LilMonst3r 5,681]

Well Maga should start donating since they want to make America great. Im sire those who have money to spend on Maga merch can definitely donate to help America. Why doesn’t Trump lead by example. 

[dynamite 66,556]

3 hours ago, Morphine Prince said:

and Americans have donated $67.3 million in the last 29 years, which has done little to bring down the current $36.7 trillion in debt. 

What a waste of money 

Also 30 years worth of donations from a country the size of America... What a pathetic amount at the same time 

Edited July 26, 2025 by dynamite

[CautiousLurker 19,709]

I'm just gonna get a Venmo account and start asking random people for money - why the f*ck not, a fu*king government is doing it 

[Celloo Deng 56,310]

Scroungers 

[SimonBaetens 9,470]

a country held together by duct tape and prayer

[Sepsami 20,899]

The digital equivalent of throwing your money into a bottomless pit