[bluemanshoe2]

Using the API, the total contributions people have made here for all time are $67,323,122.88. Meanwhile, the Debt-to-the-penny api (https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/datasets/debt-to-the-penny/d...) tells us that (as of 2025-07-25) the public debt is $29,361,169,407,599.91 whereas the day before it was $29,332,905,580,399.32, meaning the one day increase was $28,263,827,200.59.

So, the publics total contributions amount to 0.24% of the increase from Thursday to Friday last week. One part in 400 of the one day change, or about ~3 minutes worth.

[beej71]

I've always wondered why rich people would donate to the debt for exactly this reason. What's their angle?

[justsomehnguy]

Yes, the whole idea is...

Also reminds me of an old anecdote:

"How much time it takes for Bill Gates to make a million dollars? Not doing anything for a minute."

BG could be replaced with anyone from TOP500[0] nowadays, I suppose.

https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/