Current：Home > FinanceCan YOU solve the debt crisis? -MarketLink
Can YOU solve the debt crisis?
View
Date：2025-04-18 15:44:29
During the James Madison administration in 1811, a citizen donated money to the United States government. Federal officials eventually set up special funds to collect these kinds of contributions, including ones earmarked for paying down the national debt.
Today, we talk to a Treasury official about these under-the-radar programs and an ordinary citizen who looks back at their donation with less civic pride than you'd think.
Music by Drop Electric. Find us: Facebook / Newsletter.
Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts and NPR One.
For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
veryGood！ (1)
Related
- Mets have visions of grandeur, and a dynasty, with Juan Soto as major catalyst
- Toni Morrison's diary entries, early drafts and letters are on display at Princeton
- Walking just 11 minutes per day could lower risk of stroke, heart disease and some cancers significantly, study says
- Kate Spade 24-Hour Flash Deal: Get This $280 Crossbody Bag for Just $59
- See you latte: Starbucks plans to cut 30% of its menu
- Lauren and Chris Lane Discuss How Their Dogs Prepared Them for Parenthood and Share Their Pet Must-Haves
- How Grey's Anatomy Said Goodbye to Meredith Grey
- Harry Belafonte, singer, actor and activist, has died at age 96
- What were Tom Selleck's juicy final 'Blue Bloods' words in Reagan family
- Megan Mullally Reveals a Karen Spinoff Was in the Works After Will & Grace Revival
Ranking
- A Mississippi company is sentenced for mislabeling cheap seafood as premium local fish
- Jill Biden seeks more aid for East Africa in visit to drought-stricken region
- FBI chief says agency feels COVID pandemic likely started with Chinese lab leak
- Greta Thunberg joins activists' protest against a wind farm in Norway
- Trump suggestion that Egypt, Jordan absorb Palestinians from Gaza draws rejections, confusion
- U.S. concerns about TikTok are absolutely valid, expert says
- 30 Lululemon Finds I Think Will Sell Out This Month: Jumpsuits, Bags, Leggings, Sports Bras, and More
- Daughter of Warhol star looks back on a bohemian childhood in the Chelsea Hotel
Recommendation
What to know about Tuesday’s US House primaries to replace Matt Gaetz and Mike Waltz
30 Lululemon Finds I Think Will Sell Out This Month: Jumpsuits, Bags, Leggings, Sports Bras, and More
You're overthinking it — how speculating can spoil a TV show
In 'Book Club: The Next Chapter,' the ladies live, laugh, and love in Italy
Civic engagement nonprofits say democracy needs support in between big elections. Do funders agree?
Angus Cloud, Caleb McLaughlin, Iris Apatow & Zaya Wade Star in Puma's New Must-See Campaign
An upscale inn rarely changed the communal bathwater. A probe found 3,700 times the standard limit of legionella bacteria.
She wants fiction writers to step outside their experiences. Even if it's messy