MADISON, Wis. -- Digital payment apps like Venmo and PayPal make it easy for friends and family to split expenses and charge one another down to the cent. Now, the U.S. government is getting in on digital transactions.

"Being able to Venmo the government is crazy," said one Madisonian.

The U.S. Treasury Department website accepts Venmo and PayPal as methods for Americans to donate to help relieve the national debt.

The option to put your own money toward the country's debt isn't new.

"It's actually been around since the 1800s. But of course, technology has changed and now you can simply do it on your phone," said Steve Noll, digital marketing professor at Madison College.

Estimates show that to pay off the nearly $37 trillion dollar debt, each American would have to pay upward of $100

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