Chinese Professor (2011) and Deficit Trials (1986) ads

Though some networks are refusing to air the Chinese Professor ad, CNN is bucking the trend.  The controversial ad is set in the the year 2030.  A professor explains that China has surpassed the U.S. because of our profligate spending.

This is reminiscent of Ridley Scott's Deficit Trials ad from 1986.  The W.R. Grace-funded ad, set in the year 2017, was supposed to be aired after Reagan's State of the Union address.  But the major networks refused.

It's amazing how $2 trillion is chump change now.