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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.
by bluemanshoe2 1y ago
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/debt-to-the-penny 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.
- justsomehnguy 1y agoYes, 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/ https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/
- beej71 1y agoI've always wondered why rich people would donate to the debt for exactly this reason. What's their angle?