SAVING OUR ECONOMY: WHAT NEXT

[crazybabyborg]

I had heard about this investigative report, and intended to watch it tonight at 10:00pm ET. It finally occurred to me to look on You Tube, and sure enough, there it was. EXCELLENT!! A must watch for anyone who wishes to be able to discuss the issue with understanding:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW8BRtlZ83Y  (part one)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jMBuEE21T0  (part two)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp9ykZDYXPA  (part three)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuoOh3JdjP4   (part four)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc7vLuqlQFo  (part five)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4LWqbYx8qQ  (part six)

[WhiskeyGirl]

I.O.U.S.A. the documentary - this was out before the latest 'crisis'...

"One Nation.  Under Stress. In Debt."
http://www.iousathemovie.com/

There is a PDF of the graphics/charts from the movie.

I.O.U.S.A., the companion book published by John Wiley & Sons, will be available in stores beginning September 2008. Written by the film’s executive producer Addison Wiggin, the book expands on the film and details America’s alarming budget, personal savings, trade, and leadership deficits. It also elaborates on several startling statistics mentioned in the movie - from the $9 trillion federal debt to the $738.6 billion trade deficit to the fact that each citizen owes an average of $30,000. The book includes interviews with Warren Buffet, Alan Greenspan, Paul Volcker, Robert Rubin, Alice Rivlin, Pete Peterson, David Walker, Paul O’Neill, James Areddy, Arthur Laffer, Steve Forbes, and Bill Bonner.[3]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOUSA

Please, Sirs: Can We Have Some More?
October 1, 2008 by Rob Fishman

Everyone in America seems to have an opinion on the proposed bailout. Yet not many of us are asking from where, exactly, that vast sum will come...

$700 billion here, $700 billion there
September 25, 2008 by Rob Fishman

As lawmakers wrangle over proposed $700 billion bail-out, we here at PGPF are reminded of another deficit of just about that Brobdingnagian sum: the federal government's $816 billion trade deficit...

http://www.pgpf.org/