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President Donald Trump; the Venmo app
As President Donald Trump‘s “Big, Beautiful Bill” is poised to add trillions to the U.S. national debt, the Treasury Department is offering ways for citizens to help pay it down themselves.
On July 23, NPR reporter Jack Corbett pointed out, via X, that Venmo and PayPal options had been added to the Pay.gov website.
According to the “About Us” tab on their website, Pay.gov — which is an official program of the Treasury — is “a website where you can fill out a government form or pay a bill to a United States government agency. Making a payment on Pay.gov is like purchasing something online, and using Pay.gov is free.”
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