Hey Buddy! Can you Spare a Dime?
Want to help with America's $36 trillion debt?Americans, if they’re so inclined, can now donate to pay down the national debt via Venmo and PayPal. Donors can go to Pay.gov and, under "Gifts to Reduce the Public Debt," choose between the more traditional bank account or credit/debit card options and the newer options to make a gift. 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…
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