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The federal government will accept Venmo payments from citizens who want to help pay off the national debt. The Treasury has ...
On Wednesday, NPR’s Jack Corbett pointed out that there was an option on Pay.gov, the Treasury’s online payment platform, ...
Projections that the bill will increase the national debt over time miss the effects of this and of the nominal spending cuts ...
The U.S. Treasury Department now accepts Venmo and PayPal donations to reduce the national debt, but even the maximum Venmo ...
The Treasury began accepting Venmo payments a few months ago. Last year, the government received $2.7 million in gifts to pay ...
When President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill into law, it sparked major discussions on the outlook of the ...
The program accepting public gifts to pay down the national debt has been around for decades, but it's gotten a lot of new ...
Hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio is known for his dire warnings about the economy and the national debt, but he just issued ...
The US Treasury Department is now allowing donations via Venmo and PayPal to help reduce the country's $36.7 trillion ...
Opinion

A primer on the debt and deficit

Congress imposes artificial legal limits on the nation’s outstanding debt obligations. Once this is reached, the government no longer can pay bills or fund programs until Congress raises the ceiling ...
Government borrowing in the United States, United Kingdom and France exceeds 100% of GDP and keeps rising. Politicians appear ...