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.
Wouldn’t it be more effective to make the wealthy and corporations pay tax?
Blasphemy!
Right? How dare them?
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
Better to just burn the money; at least you can keep warm that way, maybe cook some hot dogs.
That sounds just like taxes, but with extra steps.
Can’t buy yaoi on steam, but this is somehow totally acceptable and inoffensive.
How is this real?
We’ve gone off the rails
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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.
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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.
So the US tax code is switching to a “Pay what you want” model?
Rich people: “Switching?”
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.
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!
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.
I’m pretty sure they’re already getting 30% from my gross. Plus I somehow owe them an additional few grand every year.
