The U.S. national debt has been a hot topic for decades, and despite much vitriol in the conversation and the introduction of the ‘debt ceiling’ in 1917, the overall burden has only been going up every year and under every administration since 2002.
As part of its efforts to reduce the total amount – an amount that, at press time on April 27, stands above $39 trillion – the Treasury has not only set up a website for public donations but also opened Venmo payments for it.
Still, while crowdfunding has become a popular way to raise cash for all sorts of purposes, from the original viral campaign to make a potato salad to covering medical costs in more recent…