IOUSA Live - Pete Peterson on Dangers to America's Economy

[krglongbourn]

yare so correct, the problem no one really tells the whole story. Keep most people dumb,no one is accountable Someday we will stop re-electing men, who continue to ignore the real people who pay there salary........when people become the power then will have change.

[CommentfromSyracuse]

The speaker, former hedge fund manager & Wall Street financier Pete Peterson, has put 1 billion dollars into funding a foundation, bearing his name. He has been waging a relentless and one-sided war against these programs starting in the 1970s. He and his paid staff are out of touch with millions of Americans whose lives are better for Social Security, Medicare, and Unemployment Insurance. They consistently fail to inform how the changes they propose would affect hard-working Americans.

[litxlit]

They do use graphics and man-in-street interviews to jazz it up, but only the motivated will show up to watch it. There were about 20 people in the audience tonight. It is very good, very concerning and by the way, our kids are completely screwed.

[sentienceISi]

I hope the whole movie isn't like this. I hope they use a lot of cool animated graphics, interviews, and mashed up clips of the government overspending. That's how you get people to pay attention. You don't do it by showing a bunch of guys talking at a forum most people wouldn't go to if they were paid to.