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The National Debt Project Inc. is focused on garnering and building a grassroot effort amongst the public to combat the rising US Debt. With a non-conventional and artistic approach to literacy and awareness about the issue, the National Debt Project Inc.'s main focus is to provide tools and support for the public as they make contributions to reduce the US Debt.
The National Debt Project Inc. is an outgrowth of a longstanding performance project by conceptual artist Nicole Wilson. In the wake of the Great Recession, Wilson began to send found change to the US Treasury to offset the United States Debt. At the time, the United States’ growing debt had entered the realm of political theater as a symbol of mismanagement and greed. As talking heads divided the amount of US Debt held by the number of US Citizens, she kept finding money everywhere. Beginning August 31, 2009 she began to send that change to the Treasury to offset the growing debt in an action that would be a satirical piece of performance art. The project has been ongoing daily ever since. The National Debt Project Inc. (501(c)(3)) has been established to allow you to participate in offsetting the US Debt as an extension of Wilson’s project.