Led by the budget-slashing Super Committee, most eyes in Washington are focused on how to cut government programs. Right now, the Agriculture Committee Chairs are in the late stages of a secret negotiation on how much farm and food programs will be cut. With the rising budget deficit, what choice to we have? So, the Beltway story goes.
But a new animated movie released this week tells a different story. The Story of Broke, from award-winning Internet filmmaker Annie Leonard, makes the case that government does have enough money to invest in a sustainable and fair economy. “It turns out this whole ‘broke’ story hides a much bigger story—a story of some really dumb choices being made for us, but that actually work against us,” says Leonard.
IATP served as a partner organization for the Story of Broke. Check it out below:
