债务美国 (2008)

Wake up, America! We’re on the brink of a financial meltdown. I.O.U.S.A. boldly examines the rapidly growing national debt and its consequences for the United States and its citizens. As the Baby Boomer generation prepares to retire, will there even be any Social Security benefits left to collect? Burdened with an ever-expanding government and military, increased international competition, overextended entitlement programs, and debts to foreign countries that are becoming impossible to honor, America must mend its spendthrift ways or face an economic disaster of epic proportions. Throughout history, the American government has found it nearly impossible to spend only what has been raised through taxes. Wielding candid interviews with both average American taxpayers and government officials, Sundance veteran Patrick Creadon (Wordplay) helps demystify the nation’s financial practices and policies. The film follows U.S. Comptroller General David Walker as he crisscrosses the country explaining America’s unsustainable fiscal policies to its citizens. With surgical precision, Creadon interweaves archival footage and economic data to paint a vivid and alarming profile of America’s current economic situation. The ultimate power of I.O.U.S.A. is that the film moves beyond doomsday rhetoric to proffer potential financial scenarios and propose solutions about how we can recreate a fiscally sound nation for future generations. Pointedly topical and consummately nonpartisan, I.O.U.S.A. drives home the message that the only time for America’s financial future is now. --© Sundance Film Festival 2017年，我国反超日本成为全球最大的美国国债持有国。10年前的纪录片就准确预言了美国当前总统正因为贸易逆差而跟中国杠的如火如荼，看来川普上任至少是符合历史符合美国国情需求的！纪录片多次出现中国的镜头，还特意采访了一对年轻的工厂夫妇对于为下一代为更好的将来而存款这一行为，某种程度上，这是中美的文化差异吧。美国人的观念强调享受当下甚至透支未来的钱来给自己一个生活质量“高”的现在；而中国传统文化里就教育大家要居安思危…各有利弊吧站在2017年回顾这部纪录片，当时8.7万亿联邦债务现在看起来已然呵呵了，20万亿大关在向联邦政府招手。当年的悲观展望一一实现，债务增长势头不减，美联储的水龙头关不上。作为一部典型美式号召式的纪录片，拍的不错，可惜有些不够深刻。历史车轮滚滚，终究没有不落的帝国。这是看的第一个关于经济的纪录片，但不是最后一个，现在不懂得东西还是太多，不过美国这种很多人为了