It’s Friday. Do you find yourself tired of huge deficits and a burgeoning national debt? The Treasury would be more than happy to accept your donation: [In the immortal words of Dave Barry, "I am not making this up." Hat tip L!]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Not sure what to give Uncle Sam this Christmas? How about a nice, fat check to help whittle away at the $7.6 trillion national debt?

The U.S. Treasury Department accepts gifts, payable to the Bureau of the Public Debt. Just mail them to the attention of Department G, Post Office Box 2188, Parkersburg, West Virginia, 26106-2188. Make a note in the memo section that it is a gift to reduce the debt held by the public.

Yes, really.

It’s all on the Treasury’s website, at the end of the list of frequently asked questions.

What their FAQs don’t explain is why you’d write them a check when the money would be gone before the ink could even dry on the paper.  Or why, when it’s "Here a bailout, there a bailout, everywhere a bailout, bailout", we seem to be donating whether we want to or not.

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