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I.O.U.S.A.: Byte-Sized - The 30 Minute Version (video)
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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...
blogs.cqpolitics.com - 11/14/2008
I.O.U.S.A.
— blogs.cqpolitics.com — 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 ... (more) I.O.U.S.A.
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I.O.U.S.A. the Movie
PoliGazette — To the extent that a slap in the face is ever something to seek out, the free, 30-minute version of I.O.U.S.A the Movie is a must-see.  One excerpt has David Walker, Controller General of the United States, saying our current standard of living is unsustainable.  Walker: We suffer from a fiscal cancer it is growing within us.  If we do not treat it it could have catastrophic consequences for our country.” My review after the jump. Our national debt of $8.7T is bad enough but our unfunded promises are at least $53T, a number that’s getting ...

I.O.U.S.A.
Preemptive Karma — McCain stoops even lower | Main | Veep Debate thread November 14, 2008 I.O.U.S.A. This is the condensed version of I.O.U.S.A. The Movie. 30 minutes long but well worth such an insignificant investment of time. This is serious, folks. Very, very serious. Posted by Kevin at November 14, 2008 06:20 PM

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