The Debt Collector

Did you know that individuals can make contributions to pay down the national debt? Totally true. I heard about it in this story on NPR. And then verified it at the site for the agency they mention, Bureau of the Public Debt.

The reporter brings this to our attention as an alternate solution when one congressman says the only way out is to raise the debt limit. I can think of many: not buy another F-17 we don't need? Not cut taxes when we don't have the money? But this site is a way of personally raising your own taxes and ensuring it goes to paying down the debt. I approve.