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I.O.U.S.A.

November 17th, 2008 • Agnes Varnum • Comments Off • Related Posts • Tags
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There is a scene in Patrick Creadon’s I.O.U.S.A. where a team of financial experts, who have gone on a bi-partisan speaking tour to alert Americans to the dire financial straits our country is in, are ignored by local media.

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