Blagojevich Even Took Money From State Parks, Among Other Offenses

Amanda Peterka — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 03:54:42 +0000

Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s arrest makes me laugh a little. Not just because he tried to sell Obama’s seat, but also because I happen to have been born and grew up in Chicago’s suburbs, and it’s always fun to hear about corruption going on back home.

With all the fuss over the Senate seat and the Tribune Company’s editorial board and the five-year investigation that’s been going on and Rod’s wife’s potty mouth…I decided to check in on Blago’s environmental record.

America Has a Spending Problem: A Review of “I.O.U.S.A.”

Jillian Polaski — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:40:36 +0000

America has money scorching a hole in her pocket. Like many a college student with a credit card, Lady Liberty is racking up charges she knows she can’t pay when the bill comes in at the end of the month. Her spending far exceeds her income and, by the end of 2009, the amount of money she owes will be well over 9 trillion dollars. Were she a person, she would have no hope for early retirement, or maybe even any retirement at all.

How did America, one of the richest countries on the planet, end up in this situation? The new documentary I.O.U.S.A. helps to answer that question. Directed by Patrick Creadon of Wordplay fame, the film follows former US Comptroller General and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation David Walker and the Concord Coalition’s Robert L. Bixby around the country on their “Fiscal Wake-Up Tour.” Bixby adds comic relief as they trace the history of the national debt, revealing startling facts like, the only year in US history that the federal government was ever one hundred percent debt free was 1835.

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Blagojevich Even Took Money From State Parks, Among Other Offenses

America Has a Spending Problem: A Review of “I.O.U.S.A.”