'I Want Your Money' Director: It's Time to Take on Left-Wing Documentaries http://www.thewrap.com/movies/blog-post/time-right-take-usual-left-wing-documentaries-20724
--- Film is a powerful tool to take on the government. I seized the opportunity to tackle the competing economic visions championed by Presidents Reagan and Obama with my new documentary, "I Want Your Money." <http://www.thewrap.com/movies/article/selling-gasp-right-wing-documentary-20355>
It resulted in a duel of speeches, wit, animation and narrative that will leave audiences laughing, cheering and yelling.
"I Want Your Money" exposes these two diametrically opposed visions of government and challenges the American public to embrace Constitutional principles that were born from the extraordinary vision of the Founding Fathers. Somehow, we have strayed from those very basic concepts about the role of government and slowly ceded many of our rights and freedoms in the process.
When Obama passed the $787 billion stimulus package, I knew I had to do something about it. That moment was the impetus for me to make the film. The amount of money this current administration is spending is unsustainable. I felt the consequences of this spending binge needed to be explained to the everyday citizen. While the political documentary landscape has traditionally leaned toward left-wing fare, "I Want Your Money" taps the millions of Americans for whom fiscal conservatism isn't just politics -- it's a national emergency. (...) "I Want Your Money" uses a colorful tapestry of humor and fact to effectively propose the Reaganesque notion that Americans know better what to do with their money than a large centralized bureaucratic government and includes commentary from a long list of high-profile individuals. We had reached out to several liberals to tell their side but unfortunately, they were not interested in being in the film.
I know the U.S government is spending like crazy and our economy can't sustain that kind of debt. Working on this film really painted a clear picture of how much we are spending and on some of the ridiculous things we are spending it on. That was the real eye opener for me. --