That's just voluntary taxes. Which is hilarious because we all know the only people paying into that are the same crowd that bitch about taxes.
Either that or it's just another way to bribe Trump and they have no intentions of using that money to pay off the debt.
Edit: I did the math and if every American in the entire country donated $50,000 it would still only cover less than half of the debt. At the average yearly salary it would take one person over 700,000,000 years to pay it off themselves.
Despite the new digital payment options, donations average only about $120,000 a month. This is minuscule compared to the $88 billion in monthly interest payments alone.
What is wrong with these people's brains? Even if it's just 1200 people giving like $100, they could make at least some kind of positive impact with local action instead of putting it into a government black hole.
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TommySoda@lemmy.world · 71 pts · 128d
That's just voluntary taxes. Which is hilarious because we all know the only people paying into that are the same crowd that bitch about taxes.
Either that or it's just another way to bribe Trump and they have no intentions of using that money to pay off the debt.
Edit: I did the math and if every American in the entire country donated $50,000 it would still only cover less than half of the debt. At the average yearly salary it would take one person over 700,000,000 years to pay it off themselves.
crandlecan@mander.xyz · 25 pts · 128d
My money is on the second one
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 128d
Unfortunately phrased
diabetic_porcupine@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 128d
Unfortunate? Yes! Accurate? Also yes!
crandlecan@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 128d
Yes
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 128d
I'm sure Musk and Bezos will be donating generously.
omawarisan@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 128d
wtf is even reality ???
https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/nigeria/us-government-is-accepting-donations-to-pay-off-its-39-trillion-debt-via-paypal-and-venmo/ar-AA21OLog
Gork@sopuli.xyz · 20 pts · 128d
Ayyy lmao
kungen@feddit.nu · 19 pts · 128d
What is wrong with these people's brains? Even if it's just 1200 people giving like $100, they could make at least some kind of positive impact with local action instead of putting it into a government black hole.
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 118d
These are Trump fans. Reality and rational don't matter.
RidderSport@feddit.org · 11 pts · 128d
To be fair to the USA, Germany has been accepting donations for decades now, I believe about 1-5 million euros annually.
marcos@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 128d
I imagine the German government has a bank account.
RidderSport@feddit.org · 4 pts · 128d
Yes, bank transfers are the norm in Europe. Government bodies rarely even offer paypal.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 128d
deustche bank most likely.
RidderSport@feddit.org · 2 pts · 128d
They usually use state-owned banks
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 128d
If they taxed the billionaires in the USA even half what they did 80 years ago (*percentage of income), this wouldn't even be a whisper of a thing.
crandlecan@mander.xyz · 8 pts · 128d
This is real? 😂😂😂😂
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 128d
He can’t just humiliate us normally, he has to find new ways to do it.
fox2263@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 128d
lol MAGA: I hate big government and taxes we should get rid of them!! Also MAGA: here government take my spare cash I’ll get food next month.
fizzle@quokk.au · 8 pts · 128d
This is truly the dumbest thing on sp many levels.
Its not like there's a loan like a home loan that needs to be paid off.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 128d
C’mon guys! We just need to donate our entire GDP for eighteen months and we’ll be out of debt!
Mynameisallen@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 128d
God I hate it here
I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 128d
It has been for decades now. Literally nothing new except several news agencies deciding to write articles about it. This is clickbait.
PearOfJudes@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 128d
People need to know this.
tonyn@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 128d
If they post a leaderboard this may just have the intended effect.
CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 0 pts · 128d
I would like to take a moment to remind everyone that Paypal and Venmo (also owned by Paypal) are not FDIC insured.
They can, and will, seize your funds for any reason.
There is no fucking guarantee that your "donation" will go to the fed.