The Treasury Is Taking Online Donations To Pay Down The Debt

[MarketNeutral]

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[mick silver]

the show that keeps giving

[Hatha Sunahara]

The government has suggestion programs in its various agencies that encourage employees to submit ideas for how to save the government money. The smarter employees usually don't participate because they see that for every dollar saved, some other damn fool manages to waste a large multiple of it. Saving the government money results in wasting far more money.

How does this translate to donations to reduce the debt? The donations will be used to pay for the illegal wars they wage, or to increase handouts to bankers, or for a multitude of other wastes. They will borrow more, so the debt will not be reduced, but increased. Giving the government anything of value is like squirting gasoline on a raging fire--it makes things worse.

The best course of action for honest citizens is to behave in a way that starves the government of ideas and money. Would you make donations to known criminals? Then why to the government?

Hatha

[ximmy]

I love how it says "public" debt...

[JohnQPublic]

What? They don't take PayPal?

[Low Pan]

wow, I was hoping this was a joke.....I guess it still is LOL :wwfg

[uranian]

definitely up there with hamid kharzai talking about joining the taleban. just when you think it can get any more bizarre!

[StackerKen]

Are the donations tax deductible?

[Trinity]

Maybe I'll send them a check for buck. I think transaction and clerical costs for cashing a check are over 2 dollars so they will lose money cashing it.

[Apparition]

All the generous lefties will certainly donate and show how much they love their government, will they?

[MarketNeutral]

wow, I was hoping this was a joke.....I guess it still is LOL :wwfg


It is not a joke. Here is the direct website:

https://www.pay.gov/paygov/forms/formInstance.html?nc=1271991815942&agencyFormId=23779454

Note: It prompts you to install an add on. I STRONGLY recommend you don't.

[steveoc]

Doubleplusgood Hopechange

[Gknowmx]

All the generous lefties will certainly donate and show how much they love their government, will they?


They probably maxed out on their donation on their income tax a couple of weeks ago. Maybe next month...

[Low Pan]

do they take Euros? Lmao :lol

[MarketNeutral]

Are the donations tax deductible?


No.

"Gifts to Reduce the Public Debt" from the direct website link.

[MarketNeutral]

do they take Euros? Lmao :lol


Would love to mail them a tungsten bar with a note that you can add it to the stack at Fort Knox.

[wildcard]

I think I've found someone that can help:

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/050108dnmetbillion.b623795f.html