Robert L. Borosage: The Big Fix (Hold on to Your Wallets)

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AP

Robert L. Borosage: The drumbeat about deficits has reached deafening levels. The president warns about "out of control" spending. Ben Bernanke calls for bringing deficits down. The opinion pages bristle with rants about the U.S. turning into Greece, headed to default. Consider this another example of Naomi Klein's "shock doctrine." Not wanting to let the crisis go to waste, an elite consensus is congealing on how to bring the deficits down. Call it the big fix. Click here to read more.

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