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I.O.U.S.A.
After decades of following an economic ideology that claimed tax cuts would pay for themselves, it's important to know our government now owes $53 trillion in financial obligations to foreign investors and to citizens in the form of pensions, health benefits, Social Security and Medicare. This ...
 I.O.U.S.A.: Byte-Sized - The 30 Minute Version (video)
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youtube.com — By now, you may have heard about our acclaimed documentary I.O.U.S.A., a film that boldly examines the... rapidly growing national debt and its consequences for... (more) I.O.U.S.A.: Byte-Sized - The 30 Minute Version (video)
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