So... if I get the jist of this
The National Debt is $7,600,000,000,000.
We are to send in a check for $7.60 to the Gov't to reduce the debt.
The sender of the email has a goal of reducing the debt by $7,000,000,000 by July 4th.
Soooooooo..... all he has to do is find 921,052,632 Americans to each write a check for $7.60. In a country the population of under 300,000,000, this will be hard to do.
However..... if by some miracle he can reduce the debt by $7,000,000,000 by July 4th, the National Debt will have been reduced to:
$7,593,000,000,000
He should look for an additional 828,947,368,400 people with checkbooks.
While the $7.62 amount is miniscule, I think it goes more towards getting the attention of Congress. It seems to be more of a vehicle to get the attention of Congress and the President to properly address the National Debt issue than an effort to actually pay it off with private funds. That's how I interpret this based on the "send a copy of your check and letter to Congress and the President" (to paraphrase).
I know sometimes I get these fundraising appeals from conservative groups and historic preservationists with a nickel or a quarter attached to it asking me to send the money back to them with a donation. Sounds to me it's just a clever marketing ploy in much the same vein than a serious attempt to actually pay off the debt.
Yeah, $7,000,000,000 won't even scratch the surface. How the author came up with that figure based upon the 295 million population, I have no idea.