The movie, which explores America’s budget and savings deficits, will be shown Wednesday, March 11, at 3 p.m. in Loosemore Auditorium at the DeVos Center, 410 W. Fulton, on Grand Valley’s Pew Grand Rapids Campus.
After the movie, a panel will offer insight and observations.
Panelists include:
- Stephen Borders, assistant professor in Grand Valley’s School of Public and Nonprofit Administration
- Donijo Robbins, associate professor in Grand Valley’s School of Public and Nonprofit Administration
- Jon DeWitte, representing U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-Holland
- Rick Truer, representing U.S. Rep. Vern Ehlers, R-Grand Rapids
- Lisa Metcalf, representing U.S. Rep. Mark Schauer, D-Jackson
- Stewart Pigler, representing U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Lansing
About the movie:
“I.O.U.S.A.” is directed by Patrick Creadon. The movie follows The Concord Coalition’s “Fiscal Wake-Up Tour” and tells the story of America’s four key deficits — budget, savings, balance of payments, and leadership — and their implications for the nation and U.S. citizens.
The movie, an official selection of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, features Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert Bixby and Fiscal Wake-Up Tour keynote speaker, former Comptroller General of the U.S., David Walker. It contains interviews with Concord Coalition President Peter G. Peterson and Concord Board members Robert Rubin and Paul Volcker.
There is also rare footage of The Concord Coalition’s first media event in 1992, a press conference below the National Debt Clock in Times Square with founders Paul Tsongas, Warren Rudman and Pete Peterson. The movie runs approximately 84 minutes.
For more information, contact Grand Valley State University Professor Donijo Robbins at (616) 331-6740.
