Venmo, PayPal users can now send money to the US government to help pay down $36.7T national debt
Venmo, PayPal users can now send money to the US government to help pay down $36.7T national debt
I will never help pay down the national debt willingly. The 1% did it, so they can pay it back.
The debt of the nation are the income and assets of the 1%. They don't want the debt to disappear.
One of the most astute comments I've ever read.
I don't think that is the case
It has more to do with 50-100 years of reckless spending
And what class is usually in control of the government?
So the US tax code is switching to a "Pay what you want" model?
Rich people: "Switching?"
That sounds just like taxes, but with extra steps.
Except you already pay taxes this is just to bleed the poor dry faster, qnd drip barely anything towards the debt so they can claim the finances are fine, to keep the real government happy, investors.
It is voluntary
Those races are currently slated to secret illegal police
How is this real?
We've gone off the rails
Might as well start a GoFundMe at this point. I heard people nowadays will throw tons of money at fascists.
I heard people nowadays will throw tons of money at fascists.
I'd gladly drop my entire net worth on Trump and all his cronies heads...as long as I am allowed to convert it all to pennies first.
The news is basically free Only Fans where I get to see Americans get fucked by their government.
That is not how that works at all...
They are in debt because for decades the government kept spending without bringing in tax money to cover it. They borrowed from other countries which creates dept.
I'm pretty sure they're already getting 30% from my gross. Plus I somehow owe them an additional few grand every year.
Speaking of, anyone else find it funny (read blatantly obvious) that you cant choose a tax amount this year on your W4? Used to be able to select withholding amount, now its just "We'll figure it out for you". I bet they were afraid of everyone marking 0 this year.
Can’t buy yaoi on steam, but this is somehow totally acceptable and inoffensive.
i would pay for a exclusive, patron only, early access to the Epstein files, no gimmicks
Shit! I want to donate but I blew all of my money on Trump's recent trip to Scotland.
Just wait a bit until his NFT takes off
I want to see who donates. they can't make something like that and then not let us laugh at whoever does it
I feel like it would be better to stop creating even more dept...
If I had venmo I'd send a dollar so I could have a laugh with my friends tbh
US government loan forgiveness 🤣
Its funny because the largest holder of US debt is social security. So most of the debt is owed to the workers. You are paying the money back you borrowed in the first place.
As of Q1 2025 US household debt was $18.2 trillion dollars. This is like a guy who lives in a van down by the river asking a homeless guy to help him make his van payments.
Even worse - a guy who lives in a big, white house asking it of a guy who lives in a van down by the river.
Debt per capita is $108k. Median net worth is 121k. Median savings: $600. Yeah, this is something for the upper percentiles. The majority of the population can't make a dent in the national debt.
In Bill Lumbergh's voice: If every American could just chip in $100k that would be greeaat.
For those who didn't read the article:
The donation program has existed since 1996, with a total of $67.3 million contributed — an amount that remains negligible compared to the federal debt.
The only new thing is more convenient donation methods.
I mean, they do have a voting block that regularly donates to televangelists... Those extra private jets have to come from somewhere.
No Patreon, GoFundMe or Ko-fi?
Trump doing a weekly Patreon video to thank the top donors whose usernames are just a bunch of puns on slurs
Starving children and invading countries comes with a cost! Help the state that hates you!
The US Treasury Department is now accepting Venmo and PayPal payments from those who want to donate money to reduce the nation’s ballooning $36.7 trillion debt.
We're all just trying to find the guy responsible!
Franklin D. Roosevelt?
/s
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Amazed an NYPost article isn't getting more scrutiny on Lemmy
But either way it appears to be verified by multiple other sources
You can find the site here: https://www.pay.gov/public/form/start/23779454
Someone posted elsewhere that this is a program that’s existed a long time, not from Trump, which would make it disingenuous to report on it as though its brand new.
The new stuff is accepting payments in Venmo and PayPal.
Meaning Murdoch is stirring up old shit and making it look new in his fight with Trump?
I’ll allow it.
Wouldn't it be more effective to make the wealthy and corporations pay tax?
Blasphemy!
Right? How dare them?
Worse - socialism, and possibly Marxism!
Are there any women here today??
Straight to jail!