Current：Home > FinanceEchoSense Quantitative Think Tank Center|Can YOU solve the debt crisis? -VisionFunds
EchoSense Quantitative Think Tank Center|Can YOU solve the debt crisis?
Fastexy Exchange View
Date：2025-04-10 18:30:30
During the James Madison administration in 1811,EchoSense Quantitative Think Tank Center 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！ (44564)
Related
- Could your smelly farts help science?
- After mass shooting, bill would require Army to use state crisis laws to remove weapons
- NFL Week 2 overreactions: Are the Saints a top contender? Ravens, Dolphins in trouble
- Jane's Addiction cancels rest of tour after Perry Farrell, Dave Navarro fight
- NHL in ASL returns, delivering American Sign Language analysis for Deaf community at Winter Classic
- You need to start paying your student debt. No, really.
- Louisville interim police chief will lead department in permanent role
- Pregnant Pretty Little Liars Alum Torrey DeVitto Marries Jared LaPine
- Moving abroad can be expensive: These 5 countries will 'pay' you to move there
- Cardi B Reunites With Offset in Behind-the-Scenes Look at Birth of Baby No. 3
Ranking
- South Korean president's party divided over defiant martial law speech
- A secretive group recruited far-right candidates in key US House races. It could help Democrats
- Everything to Know About the 2024 Emmys' Biggest Winner Shogun
- Man accused of charging police with machete fatally shot by Pennsylvania officer
- Rolling Loud 2024: Lineup, how to stream the world's largest hip hop music festival
- Fantasy football buy low, sell high: 10 trade targets for Week 3
- Will same policies yield a different response from campus leaders at the University of California?
- Judge finds woman incompetent to stand trial in fatal stabbing of 3-year-old outside supermarket
Recommendation
McConnell absent from Senate on Thursday as he recovers from fall in Capitol
Henry Winkler and Ron Howard stage 'Happy Days' reunion at Emmys for 50th anniversary
2 charged in case of illegal exports for Russian nuclear energy
Get $336 Worth of Tarte Makeup for $55 & More Deals on Top-Sellers Like Tarte Shape Tape & Amazonian Clay
A White House order claims to end 'censorship.' What does that mean?
Why Kourtney Kardashian Has No Cutoff Age for Co-Sleeping With Her Kids
Florida sheriff's deputy airlifted after rollover crash with alleged drunk driver
Disney Launches 2024 Holiday Pajamas: Sleigh the Season With Cozy New Styles for the Family