How’d we miss this story back in June?
In case you don’t think the government takes enough of your money, they’ve come up with a simple way for you to give them more.
Got a few extra bucks for Uncle Sam? Now the U.S. Treasury has made it easier to donate—via credit card. In January, the department’s Bureau of the Public Debt began to accept payments via Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or Discover.
May we suggest that you apply for a Platinum card. You’re going to need it, because last we heard your share of the national debt was $43,000.
Source: Newsweek
This post was last modified on October 28, 2010
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Can we put it all on the card and then file for bankruptcy like the rest of the irresponsible spenders do??
Actually $43k is only a tiny portion of our share of the debt. Of 305M people in this country only 139M file a tax return, of those only ~50% have any federal tax liability. So the share of the debt for people who pay taxes is ~$189K. But that still doesn't capture it, if you are one of the evil top 5% of wage earners who pay 58.7% of all federal taxes then your share of the debt is $1,107,698.56 - Pay up suckers, Barry wants more wagu beef.
This is absolutelydisgusting. Yet another reason to cut up my credit cards. Becuse it will go from donate to mandatory very very soon.
Now, let's just see how many liberals line up to do their part to spread their wealth. My guess? Less than 1%.