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[Wastelander92]

If you have Venmo or PaypaL:

 

[HRK69]

Doesn't the debt increase by over $45,000 every second?

So donating is pretty useless

 

[DKehoe]

Doesn't the debt increase by over $45,000 every second?

So donating is pretty useless

Not if you donate $45,001 every second.

 

[Unknown?]

Sweet, now they can voluntarily rob you in addition to coercively robbing you.

If you seized all the wealth and every dollar from every billionaire in America including their home, car, stocks, vacation houses, yachts, etc. you would be able to fund the government one time for nine months.

If you made 100% tax rates for those making over 500k a year, you still wouldn't balance the budget.

 

[March Climber]

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

I live in the UK and want to know if there are means for me to contribute too?

I am thinking of giving up my entire life savings so the eagle can soar again as gracefully as possible.

 

[Trogdor1123]

And here I thought that was called taxes. Silly me.

 

[DKehoe]

I live in the UK and want to know if there are means for me to contribute too?

I am thinking of giving up my entire life savings so the eagle can soar again as gracefully as possible.

 

[usctrojan]

I hope one day conservatives realize it's OK to prefer a normal smart economist or political strategist as president and not this nonsense. sports ball red vs blue politics is playing everyone like a fiddle.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

I hope one day conservatives realize it's OK to prefer a normal smart economist or political strategist as president and not this nonsense. sports ball red vs blue politics is playing everyone like a fiddle.

You should be telling this to the liberals, they think a literal corpse being President the last 4 years before the current one took office was fine

 

[March Climber]

I hope one day conservatives realize it's OK to prefer a normal smart economist or political strategist as president and not this nonsense. sports ball red vs blue politics is playing everyone like a fiddle.

You should be telling this to the liberals, they think a literal corpse being President the last 4 years before the current one took office was fine

Every time, on time. It never ends lol.

 

[Unknown?]

I hope one day conservatives realize it's OK to prefer a normal smart economist or political strategist as president and not this nonsense. sports ball red vs blue politics is playing everyone like a fiddle.

You should be telling this to the liberals, they think a literal corpse being President the last 4 years before the current one took office was fine

Could we not bring politics into this and keep it in monetary/economics?


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[YCoCg]

You should be telling this to the liberals, they think a literal corpse being President the last 4 years before the current one took office was fine

How do you always do this

 

[Poppinfresh]

If Massie were president, Rand Paul VP, and Ron Paul Secretary of State, I might think about it. Assuming they had ended the Fed on their first day in office, of course.

 

[RavageX]

How about they contribute to my PayPal and Venmo instead? Heck, Cash app will work too.

 

[ReBurn]

I send them plenty already

 

[willothedog]

Can't the treasury just print off a 36.7 trillion dollar bill and pay it all off?

 

[analog_future]

Not if you donate $45,001 every second.

 

[Days like these...]

Let's get something straight Dr. Pepper is not an American thing. It is a TEXAN thing.

 

[Doom85]

Let's get something straight Dr. Pepper is not an American thing. It is a TEXAN thing.

The creator was not a native Texan though. He was born in

 

[The Sum of Zero]

Lol fuck no.

 

[AJUMP23]

They extract it from my labor biweekly under the threat of the force. They should get less.

 

[diffusionx]

I hope one day conservatives realize it's OK to prefer a normal smart economist or political strategist as president and not this nonsense. sports ball red vs blue politics is playing everyone like a fiddle.

you've been able to voluntarily submit money to the treasury to pay off the debt for decades. Get over yourself.

 

[Toons]

Maybe if they pay off mine first.

 

[poppabk]

I hope one day conservatives realize it's OK to prefer a normal smart economist or political strategist as president and not this nonsense. sports ball red vs blue politics is playing everyone like a fiddle.

I just hope everyone realizes that no president or political party has any intention of decreasing the national debt.

 

[Toons]

you've been able to voluntarily submit money to the treasury to pay off the debt for decades. Get over yourself.

Trump has paid guy to defend him. He doesn't need you to do it.

 

[Mistake]

You can't help those that don't want to help themselves

 

[diffusionx]

Trump has paid guy to defend him. He doesn't need you to do it.

It's just a fact, idiot

Gift Contributions to Reduce Debt Held by the Public | U.S. Treasury Fiscal Data

Monthly totals for gifts donated to the federal government to reduce debt held by the public.

fiscaldata.treasury.gov

Since 1996

 

[Durien]

I hope one day conservatives realize it's OK to prefer a normal smart economist or political strategist as president and not this nonsense. sports ball red vs blue politics is playing everyone like a fiddle.

I don't think it's conservatives. It's people in general. It would be INCREDIBLE to get someone in office who realizes the spending needs to stop and we need to balance this crap out. Even say, every person in America pays $1 on Jan 1st.. That is $340 million. Even better would be $1 a month. That's $4B a year. Imagine that for a sec...

Our debt is crazy and the only way it is going to even get anywhere is to take drastic measures.

Budget cuts and thinking outside the box.

 

[Windle Poons]

Came for the 'I'm doing my part' gifs.

Left disappointed.

 

[Zathalus]

Spending needs to decease and taxes probably need to go up. Good luck getting elected on that platform in America.

 

[sono]

Who is collecting the interest

 

[GymWolf]

Too bad i'm in italy so i can't partecipate...

 

[Toons]

It's just a fact, idiot

But thats not what got you riled up.

What got you riled up is that the dude criticized Trump.

Again. He can take it. You dont have to protect him.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

I live in the UK and want to know if there are means for me to contribute too?

I am thinking of giving up my entire life savings so the eagle can soar again as gracefully as possible.

Damn, I'm touched, bro. I'm from Spain and our old flag had an eagle too, so I'm sending the spare money I had saved for the gacha pulls.

 

[diffusionx]

But thats not what got you riled up.

What got you riled up is that the dude criticized Trump.

Again. He can take it. You dont have to protect him.

no, people really don't seem to know that this has been around for a while. You included.

I don't think it's conservatives. It's people in general. It would be INCREDIBLE to get someone in office who realizes the spending needs to stop and we need to balance this crap out. Even say, every person in America pays $1 on Jan 1st.. That is $340 million. Even better would be $1 a month. That's $4B a year. Imagine that for a sec...

Our debt is crazy and the only way it is going to even get anywhere is to take drastic measures.

Budget cuts and thinking outside the box.

Nobody actually cares about the deficit or debt. Dick Cheney was right about this, probably the only thing he was right about.

Put it into perspective. Deficit is now $2T a year. Walmart is the world's biggest company. They make $680B in revenue. So government deficit spending is 3 Walmarts. And people just accept this.

 

[Donald mac Ronald]

Stick the debt on the slate

 

[Unknown?]

I just hope everyone realizes that no president or political party has any intention of decreasing the national debt.

They realistically cannot decrease it under our debt based monetary system. If they pay it down, it will cause recession or even depression because paying it off will also eliminate the currency in circulation and cause a shortage. Which means deflation(prices going down) causing tax revenue going down in tandem. They like inflation because rising prices means more sales taxes, more capital gains taxes, etc.



They also can't NOT add more debt because when currency is created, it's borrowed into existence but requires to be paid back in interest. Well only the principle was created and not the interest, so now you need to borrow more to cover the interest which creates a need to borrow more to pay the interest on the debt you just created. It's a never ending cycle.

 

[SJRB]

 

[LimanimaPT]

This is a joke, right?

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

Spending needs to decease and taxes probably need to go up. Good luck getting elected on that platform in America.

Spending needs more than to "decrease", it needs decapitation at this point. Sadly the nature of this system requires constant expansion with nothing more than limited contraction. By design it must fail in time.

 

[Dice]

I have a good idea on how to get 5 trillion paid really fast.

 

[Durien]

I have a good idea on how to get 5 trillion paid really fast.

Print 5 Trillion dollars?

 

[Unknown Soldier]

 

[Yerd]

And here I thought that was called taxes. Silly me.

No, those are your dues to the corporations and billionaires that allow you to keep existing under their domain and to supplement their profits you already provide.

 

[Yerd]

Serious question. When our empire eventually collapses, what happens to that debt?

I suppose we get invaded and subjugated into whatever nation is biggest.

 

[protonion]

Just sell your top 10 companies to China for about 20 trillion. They suck and won't be missed anyway.
The rest of the debt will be less than 50k per American. Peanuts.
Enjoy your zero debt empire for centuries to come.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

It's just a fact, idiot

Gift Contributions to Reduce Debt Held by the Public | U.S. Treasury Fiscal Data

Monthly totals for gifts donated to the federal government to reduce debt held by the public.

fiscaldata.treasury.gov

Since 1996

Its been around since 1961 but yeah quite a while regardless

Side note the people who want to pin this on the current administration are pretty funny

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Serious question. When our empire eventually collapses, what happens to that debt?

I suppose we get invaded and subjugated into whatever nation is biggest.

I guess it's hilarious that you think someone is going to invade and subjugate the country that owns 46% of the entire worlds guns and has by far the largest and most powerful military with 11 aircraft carriers and ~3,700 nuclear weapons

 

[Unknown?]

No, those are your dues to the corporations and billionaires banks that allow you to keep existing under their domain and to supplement their profits you already provide.

Ftfy.