How is this not the onion, holy shit.
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haha fuck that. christ the USA is a nonstop grift
Bruh
Nope!
TL;DR: "Now" means the payment processors. The ability to donate to the national GoFundMe has been active since 1996
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Wouldn't it be more effective to make the wealthy and corporations pay tax?
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So the US tax code is switching to a "Pay what you want" model?
Rich people: "Switching?"
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That sounds just like taxes, but with extra steps.
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I'm pretty sure they're already getting 30% from my gross. Plus I somehow owe them an additional few grand every year.
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I will never help pay down the national debt willingly. The 1% did it, so they can pay it back.
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As of Q1 2025 US household debt was $18.2 trillion dollars. This is like a guy who lives in a van down by the river asking a homeless guy to help him make his van payments.
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How is this real?
We've gone off the rails
Might as well start a GoFundMe at this point. I heard people nowadays will throw tons of money at fascists.
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I want to see who donates. they can't make something like that and then not let us laugh at whoever does it
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US government loan forgiveness 🤣
Can’t buy yaoi on steam, but this is somehow totally acceptable and inoffensive.
i would pay for a exclusive, patron only, early access to the Epstein files, no gimmicks
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The US Treasury Department is now accepting Venmo and PayPal payments from those who want to donate money to reduce the nation’s ballooning $36.7 trillion debt.
We're all just trying to find the guy responsible!
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Better to just burn the money; at least you can keep warm that way, maybe cook some hot dogs.
Shit! I want to donate but I blew all of my money on Trump's recent trip to Scotland.
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I mean, they do have a voting block that regularly donates to televangelists... Those extra private jets have to come from somewhere.
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Amazed an NYPost article isn't getting more scrutiny on Lemmy
But either way it appears to be verified by multiple other sources
You can find the site here: https://www.pay.gov/public/form/start/23779454
No Patreon, GoFundMe or Ko-fi?
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Someone posted elsewhere that this is a program that’s existed a long time, not from Trump, which would make it disingenuous to report on it as though its brand new.
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Starving children and invading countries comes with a cost! Help the state that hates you!
For those who didn't read the article:
The donation program has existed since 1996, with a total of $67.3 million contributed — an amount that remains negligible compared to the federal debt.
The only new thing is more convenient donation methods.
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Make the wealthy pay their share? No, no, I think more donations from the poor will fix it 👍
You'd get a better ROI playing roulette.
Or here's a better idea - billionaires could just pay their fucking taxes like the rest of us.
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Here's my offer: I'll be happy to give the same percentage of my total wealth as Bezos and Musk do.
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