‘I.O.U.S.A.’: In debt we trust G. Allen Johnson Thursday, August 21, 2008

The most important issue in the forthcoming presidential election, according to many experts, is not one that John McCain or Barack Obama is willing to discuss.

It’s our national debt.

Don’t start snoozing yet. “I.O.U.S.A.” might be the most must-see movie out there, if only because it is constantly evolving.

Director Patrick Creadon, who turned crossword puzzles into a compelling subject for a movie in “Wordplay,” has been tinkering with his new film since its premiere at Sundance, revamping all the graphics and scoring new interviews with former Federal Reserve chairs Alan Greenspan and Paul Volcker.

“They’re dancing around the issue,” Creadon said of McCain and Obama by telephone from Los Angeles, where he lives with his wife and three children. “It’s disappointing because it’s the biggest issue of the election. … It’s a bad issue for any candidate because the solution involves