Videos
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What Is The Debt Ceiling?
What is the debt ceiling and why does it matter?
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Krunk with Kash
This kid is Krunk with Kash. But last year politicians overspent by $1 trillion -- are they any different?
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Your Tax Dollars at Work
With Tax Day coming up, we asked folks if Washington was being a good steward of their tax dollars.
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What is Bankrupting America?
Watch our "Debt-ective" crack the case & uncover what is bankrupting America: government overspending!
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What Can Washington Politicians Learn From America's Moms?
We asked folks what Washington politicians can learn from America's moms.
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3 Pennies
Finding just 3 cents on every dollar in the annual federal budget to replace sequestration isn’t ‘draconian’ or ‘drastic’ – it’s the responsible thing to do.
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Barack Obama: Listen to Newport News
Watch Newport News, VA residents share their concerns for the economy, looming sequester spending cuts and what they want to hear from President Obama.
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#TalkIsCheap, Overspending Is Not
#TalkIsCheap, except when it leaves the country over $16 Trillion in debt. Have politicians talked about reducing our deficit and debt? Yes. Have they taken action? Find out in our latest video.
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Santa Goes to Washington
CEO Kris Kringle, Santa Claus Inc. is currently the largest employer north of Greenland, but now facing the possibility of another recession if Washington fails to reach an agreement on the fiscal cliff, that could all change.
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Story of Business: The Opportunity to Compete
Today we are releasing the latest installment in our Story of Business series. The video profiles Jeff Lawrence, owner of Forefront Construction in Middletown, Penn., a commercial HVAC and plumbing company founded in April of 2008, just prior to the financial collapse.
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Will Washington Work Together or Go Off the Cliff?
It seemed as though the confetti from the election celebrations hadn’t even hit the ground before all the winners were pledging to reach across the aisle and come up with a ‘grand bargain’ on the fiscal cliff.
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Election 2012. Why Did You Vote?
Another election has come and gone. We here at Bankrupting America wanted to take a look back at the issues that mattered to everyday Americans. In order to do that, we examined major news outlets, political pundits and everyday Americans. Here is what they had to say.
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Stop Spending, Start Growing
Today, we have released a new web video titled “Stop Spending, Start Growing” highlighting the trillions of taxpayer dollars wasted on failed efforts to reinvigorate the economy in the last four years.
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VIDEO: Washington is Still Digging
Washington is spending and spending. We’re now more than $16 trillion in debt, larger than the nation’s economy. You don’t have to be an economist to see how this is unsustainable and how it’s not creating jobs. Take a look at our new 30 second web video above and see how far in the hole Washington has put us.
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Where is Washington Taking Us?
Washington keeps spending to improve the economy, but are we headed in the right direction? With unemployment over 8 percent, college tuition up, gas prices having doubled and the government still borrowing $40,000 every second, its time to ask where Washington is taking us?
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The Story of Business: Regulations Should be Effective, Not Excessive
Watch our fifth installment in our Story of Business series. It centers on Rob Latham in South Carolina. His story is a case study in why we need a regulatory system that's fair, accountable and allows our economy to grow again.
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Enough Talk, Grow up, Do Your Job
In our latest video for Bankrupting America, we urge you to get involved. Contact your senator at 1-888-760-7997 and let them know that you are tired of the finger pointing and want them to do their job. Urge the Senate to pass a budget after nearly 3 years!
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Party in the GSA!
The General Services Administration has been in the news for some fairly questionable spending recently.
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Video of Budget Review!
We partnered with National Journal to bring you Budget Review! A substantive look at the budget proposals currently before Congress.
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Working Hard
Check out our latest video on American families struggle over the last 3 years. Watch it here!
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Story of Business: Fighting for Jobs
"Fighting for our Jobs" is the third part of our "Story of Business" series, taking a look at small businesses across the country. In this video you will hear the story of the R.H. Peterson Co. of Industry, CA, and their struggle against over reaching regulation.
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The President's Budget in 62 Seconds
The President's budget in 62 seconds. See how the top line points affect you!
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Stop the rhetoric. It's time to act.
The State of the Union, intended to be a hopeful look into the future, seems to have become more of a venue to deliver empty promises.
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It's time for a little Fiscal Fidelity
We all have heard the classic Washington scandal of a Congressman being unfaithful to their spouse. But what happens when a member of Congress is unfaithful to the economy?
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Let's hear what job creators have to say
For too long we've been listening to what Washington has to say about our economic problems - how we got here and how we get out.
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Real or Fake, Pt. 2
Since the first Real or Fake, the federal government is still funding some pretty ridiculous projects. So we decided to make a sequel.
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Crazy Washington Honey Badgers
In our latest video, Randall (of Honey Badger fame) gives us a rundown of just how crazy Washington got over the last month.
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Public Pulse: your opinions, our new video
We sifted through the top public opinion polls to create a compelling video that visualized how you feel about the economy.
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Is Washington creating our jobs crisis?
Our new video takes a closer look at our jobs crisis and asks: what can Washington do to put Americans back to work?
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Who's more responsible: Charlie Sheen or Washington?
At first thought, Charlie Sheen hardly seems like a model for fiscal responsibility. But, somehow, Washington has managed to be far worse.
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St. Patty's Video: drunk with debt
What do St. Patrick's Day and government spending have in common? Well, until we had anything to say about it, not much.
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New ad: Government spending needs to trim down
In our latest ad we check in on government spending as it tries to cut the fat - and realize we have a long way to go.
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Watch Santa talk politics
Kris Kringle runs a large toy manufacturing plant based in the North Pole. Recently things haven't been so jolly. The recession has taken a toll on his business. And Washington isn't helping.
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Story of Business: competing for a future
Mikes inspiring story of hiring and recovery in the face of adversity is Part 3 in our series "The Story of Business."
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Story of Business: when costs compete with passion
Barb's story is Part 2 of our documentary series "The Story of Business," a joint project of Public Notice and the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council.
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Story of Business: moving forward in uncertain times
"Moving Forward in Uncertain Times" is the first video of our series "The Story of Business" - a joint project between us and the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council. This short documentary features Wes Garner, owner of Great Lakes Calcium, a small business in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
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Our best parody video yet: Wait and See
Good news! Profits are back, cash flow is good, and Steve's dance moves are better than ever?! But before Frank, his girlfriend Karen and the rest of the gang can expand, hire and invest at their small business, they'll have to convince the Boss Lady.
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PARODY VIDEO: The 34th Miner
BREAKING NEWS: the 34th miner has just been rescued from the Chilean mine! But he's not Chilean. And he's not a miner. He's an American. What did he miss in America while he was down there and what will he do next?
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The truth about our jobs crisis
The jobs report released on Friday shows that unemployment persists at 9.6 percent. As high as this number is, it doesn't tell the whole unemployment story. But we do: watch our video to uncover the truth about our jobs situation.
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BUSH or OBAMA: Can 8-28 DC rally-goers match spending facts with the right president?
The BA team breezed through the big 8-28 rallies in Washington, DC to test the government spending IQ of participants. We gave them five spending facts and asked whether they were implemented by Bush or Obama. The answers may surprise you.
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How the American public views its government
How do we tell Washington how we feel? We show them. We sifted through the top public opinion polls, compiled the results most representative of the nation, prettied them up, and set them to compelling music.
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Can you tell which of these government spending projects are real or fake?
They're all questionable government spending projects in a time when our economy is struggling and people can't get jobs ... or, maybe we just made them up.
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VIDEO: How to create one million jobs
We know of a way to help halt the growth of debt AND create jobs. Just follow the 5 easy steps outlined in the video.
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