FILE – Side by side image of the Venmo app and a close-up image of the PayPal sign at headquarters. (Getty Images)
Feeling generous?
Well, Venmo and PayPal are now allowing users to help pay off the nation’s growing debt.
Help pay off the country’s debt
The backstory:
Allowing the public to help pay down the United States’ ballooning debt isn’t a new thing.
The U.S. Treasury Department has been accepting gifts to reduce debt held by the public for many years.
Dig deeper:
What’s new is that you can now make contributions digitally through Venmo or PayPal.
By the numbers:
Since 1996, people have contributed $67.3 million to pay down the national debt, which has since grown to a whopping $34 trillion.
The…