2008-11-13 14:31:41 - Matt Sherman This movie is really good at scaring you. Some of the projections are absolutely bone-chilling. But it largely overstates the problem — the deficit is currently at a manageable level of 3% of GDP. And we need to run a deficit in this economic downturn to ensure we don’t have skyrocketing rates of unemployment. The flim also ignores one of the best solutions to the “problem” — health care reform. If our health care system were as efficient as other industrialized nations, and if Medicare/Medicaid were able to take advantage of these lower costs, then our deficit problem would basically disappear. Check out the Center for Economic and Policy Research, they have a nice graphic that demonstrates this well: http://www.cepr.net/calculators/iousadeficit/calc_iousa_deficit.html
Date of Birth 12 January 1960, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Height 6' 3 1/2"
Spouse Camilla Campbell (12 September 1992 - present); 3 children
Filmography 2010 - Who Is Killing the Great Chefs? 2009 - Year One, The 2009 - Prince of Providence, The 2009 - 2012 2008 - Frost/Nixon 2007 - Ten, The 2007 - Martian Child 2006 - Scarface: The World Is Yours 2005 - Loverboy 2005 - Ice Harvest, The 2005 - Casanova 2004 - Kinsey 2003 - Pieces of April 2003 - Hope Springs 2002 - ZigZag 2002 - Liberty Stands Still 2002 - Ash Wednesday 2001 - SSX Tricky 2001 - Don't Say a Word 2000 - Ready to Rumble 2000 - Gun Shy 1999 - Three to Tango 1999 - Lake Placid 1999 - Bicentennial Man 1998 - Simon Birch 1998 - Impostors, The 1998 - Doctor Dolittle 1998 - Dangerous Beauty 1998 - Bulworth 1996 - Time to Kill, A 1996 - Executive Decision 1996 - Big Night 1995 - Tall Tale 1995 - Funny Bones 1993 - Three Musketeers, The 1993 - Temp, The 1993 - Indecent Proposal 1993 - Benny & Joon 1992 - Diggstown 1992 - Beethoven 1990 - Postcards from the Edge 1990 - Flatliners 1988 - Working Girl 1988 - Married to the Mob 1988 - Crusoe