"If you put out ideas that are reallythoughtful and thoroughly vetted, there's less of a likelihood that we will get an overreaction legislatively, or any other way, to jump toward knee-jerk solutions that are sub-optimal, " Paulson says.
For those who take a less "bah humbug" view, the young Scottish actor's family has been interviewed, assuring us that Lewis is really as thoughtful as the lad in the ad.
For example, Gar Alperovitz, a professor of political economy at the University of Maryland, wrote a really excellent, thoughtful op-ed piece in the NYT last month about just this fact.