I.O.U.S.A. Bonus Reel: Alice Rivlin On Rising Entitlement Costs

[azaquihel]

here comes the new health care ,a new war is broiling and the dollar is going down

so this puppet has three legs and we got insurance company , defense contractors and wall street ...do we really believe the government is pulling the 3 string by itself ?

USA will disappear because the population is to busy blaming the Mexicans , and spending money and lives in the middle east (trying to get even with the terrorists) and not realizing that our freedom ,money and country are FAKE

[coffeedesign]

Thanks so much for this bonus reel. I have referred to this on so many occasions.

I would absolutely LOVE to see an updated version of this chart with the new healthcare bill costs factored in.

Thanks again.

[OrmondTrust]

Don't forget about add robot, computer, Solar, Wind, Mechine, etc that economy turn bill raise dollars values over come debt.

[optionism]

@mhirtes12 Two wrongs do not make a right. Because these old people were forced at gun point to pay into these systems, it is still wrong to continue to force the young and unborn people of the future to pay.

[underdogD]

Not to mention the "Great American yard sale' (TIME)... Our Grandchildren's children's children will be slaves to Foreign investment who will own the USA, as if they don't already!!! GREED is the word...

[ViraIVideos]

It's called inflation and population increases.

But what you forget to factor in is wage increases due to inflation as well.

So basically your graph's penny just gets larger in essense, keeping everything about constant.

[cowboycarl04]

that was already taken into account in the movie.

Also, have you noticed that wages are decreasing since 2000 and we have had double digit inflation every year since then.

[ViraIVideos]

Well yea, but that's because the fed is filling the market with money.

I don't know why we're complaining about all these economic mistakes because we can simply attribute them to federal reserve actions that inflate our money supply.

The feds not going anywhere, anytime soon, so theres not much that we can do about it.

[Kallistos1]

Er, no, as the inflated penny is worth less and less.

Sure, we could inflate our way out of debt, by making the debts a tiny part of the overall sea of money, but by then, you're shopping at the grocery with a wheelbarrow for the cash.