On September 13, 2007, The Fiscal Wake-Up Tour was in San Francisco at the invitation of New Voice of Business. The Tour is designed to explain in plain, non-partisan terms, why budget analysts of diverse perspectives are increasingly alarmed by the nation's long-term fiscal outlook. The emphasis is on the key areas in which there is non-partisan consensus, such as:

• The overall dimensions of the problem
• The nature of the realistic trade-offs that must be confronted in finding solutions
• The major adverse and inequitable consequences for future generations if we fail to make serious changes, sooner rather than later.

This video is Leon Panetta (Moderator), Director, The Panetta Institute, Co-Chair of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, and Former-White House Chief of Staff