Posted on 09/03/2009 3:31:36 AM PDT by kingattax
The Employment Policies Institute has launched a costly, multimedia campaign to educate the public about the consequences of America's $11 trillion debt, and urge the country to reverse course.---
A nonprofit advocacy group has launched a multimillion-dollar campaign to raise awareness about America's soaring federal debt.
The multimedia campaign is trying to hammer its message on all fronts. It includes a Web site -- Defeatthedebt.com, which features a rolling odometer showing the red ink at over $11 trillion -- and a startling new TV ad. The ad shows school children pledging allegiance to the national debt.
"And to the Chinese government that lends us money, and to the interest, for which we pay, compoundable, with higher taxes and lower pay until the day we die," the school children in the ad say.
Organizers say it's a critical educational campaign to inform the public of the real-world consequences of owing so much on the national credit card.
"We're also trying to get people to understand who we owe all this debt to, and the leverage that foreign governments and foreign banks have over this country when they start to accumulate that much debt," said Rick Berman, executive director of the Employment Policies Institute, the conservative group behind the campaign.
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One million seconds will pass in the next 12 days.
One billion seconds will take 32 years.
One trillion seconds will pass in 31,688 years.
Time is money, right? If you make one dollar every second, you will have a million dollars in twelve days. You will be a billionaire in 32 years, but it will take you more than 31,000 years to make a trillion dollars
Employment Policies Institute
A nonprofit advocacy group has launched a....
They advocate no profit? They must love Emperor Zero! /s
Well, no, because they’re also non-loss. ;’)
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