I.O.U.S.A.

David Walker served as United States Comptroller General and head of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) from 1998 to 2008. Appointed by Bill Clinton, his tenure as the federal government’s chief auditor spanned both Democratic and Republican administrations. While at the GAO, Walker embarked on a Fiscal Wake-up Tour to alert Americans to wasteful government spending. Walker left the GAO to head the Peterson Foundation in March 2008. The Foundation distributed the documentary film I.O.U.S.A. from which the video clip below is taken. It is 30 minutes long and well worth watching.