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The Story of Broke
The Story of Stuff Project / Movie
Published: Wednesday 9 November 2011
“The Story of Broke calls for a shift in government spending toward investments in clean, green solutions that can deliver jobs AND a healthier environment.”
The United States isn’t broke; we’re the richest country on the planet and a country in which the richest among us are doing exceptionally well. But the truth is, our economy is broken, producing more pollution, greenhouse gasses and garbage than any other country. In these and so many other ways, it just isn’t working. But rather than invest in something better, we continue to keep this ‘dinosaur economy’ on life support with hundreds of billions of dollars of our tax money. The Story of Broke calls for a shift in government spending toward investments in clean, green solutions—renewable energy, safer chemicals and materials, zero waste and more—that can deliver jobs AND a healthier environment. It’s time to rebuild the American Dream; but this time, let’s build it better.
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10 comments on "The Story of Broke"
November 10, 2011 9:55pm
How about some details on how we can change this for the better. Details for us and for our congressman or whoever we have to rely on besides ourselves to make this change.
November 10, 2011 11:11am
Excellent! Very well done. Thanks for sharing this - now to spread the word . . .
November 10, 2011 8:15am
When we allow our government to piss away billions on wasteful and/or unnecessary programs (war, Gitmo, Politician salaries and retirement, subsidies,etc) it seems as if we're broke. Stop the bull and we'll be okay, shortly.
November 09, 2011 4:15pm
so glad you pointed that out stoic....so that means we can ignore the message..... right? Ah, I feel so much better now.
November 09, 2011 5:33pm
Right ............. what ever you say
Personally myself I choose to ignore hack job sources that just "make $!te up". Falsifying information kinda tends to discredit ones position ya know.
November 09, 2011 3:55pm
Been there. Have you noticed that your per capita measure has been thoroughly discredited?
November 09, 2011 3:05pm
Great. I feel better now >-p
November 09, 2011 3:05pm
"stoic": In view of the way your comment reads, you are on less than solid ground on a few counts. In per capita terms the US far outstrips all other countries. Should you be interested in factual exchanges, you might start here:
http://www.thenewecologist.com/2009/10/the-worlds-biggest-polluters/
November 09, 2011 2:34pm
Story alreadyStory already discredited itself from the get go with the blatant lie (or at best totally ignorant) claim that the US is producing more pollution, greenhouse gasses than any other country
Get your fact straight, it's China ...................
November 10, 2011 6:24am
Oh, by all means place the blame elsewhere and kick the can down the road! The United States may not be #1 but we are right behind China. The difference between the two countries is MINISCULE. China has 6,018 tons of greenhouse gasses, while the US has 5,900 tons. China has a population of 1.5 BILLION people. We have 300 MILLION. HUGE DIFFERENCE.