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the U.S. government owed roughly $53 trillion more than it had at the end of the 2007 fiscal year, which is the most recent figure available.

About $11 trillion of that covers the publicly traded government debt, the amount the federal government owes to employee pensions and the cost of environmental cleanup of federal land. The rest of the $53 trillion figure accounts for projected shortfalls in Medicare and Social Security.



The cost of covering those obligations is expected to spiral as more and more baby boomers become eligible for the two programs.

The film also features interviews with prominent businessmen and officials from both major political parties, such as former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan and Paul Volcker and former U.S. Treasury secretaries Paul O'Neill and Robert Rubin.

Buffett did not respond to a request for an interview for this story, but he has said the United States is essentially selling off chunks of the country to foreign investors to finance the nation's overconsumption.

"We've got a super-subprime crisis brewing - namely, the federal government's finances," Walker said. "The factors that caused the mortgage-based subprime (crisis) to explode exist for the government's finances. The difference is it's 25 times - at least - bigger."

Buffett also has warned for years that the nation's trade deficit - the difference between how much the country imports and exports - was going to devalue the dollar and create other problems.

"Our trade equation guarantees massive foreign investment in the U.S. When we force-feed $2 billion daily to the rest of the world, they must invest in something here," Buffett said in his annual letter to shareholders earlier this year.

Thursday's panel discussion will also feature Bill Novelli, AARP's chief executive, and William Niskanen, chairman of the libertarian-leaning CATO Institute.

With showings in 358 theaters, the movie's premiere likely will be bigger than its planned 12-city theatrical run, which begins Friday.

The main reason the movie is being distributed in theaters is that its makers think it could contend for an Academy Award, Walker said. More people will likely see the movie after it leaves theaters because the foundation hopes to air it on television early next year, he said.

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