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		<title>Gone with the Wind: Blowing U.S. Tax Dollars Off Shore</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/11/19/hell-if-d-c-didn%e2%80%99t-offshore-849-million-in-stimulus-for-windmills-already/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
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By Leo W. Gerard
USW International President 
It turns out a Texas windmill farm developer’s request last month for nearly half a billion in stimulus funds to create 2,000 jobs in China doesn’t rank first on the audacity scale.
Shockingly for American taxpayers, and sadly for the staggering 10.2 percent of Americans who are unemployed, it doesn’t even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Council Honors Vale CEO for Clipping Workers, Wacking Towns</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/11/16/business-council-honors-vale-ceo-for-clipping-workers-wacking-towns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:19:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Hell No! We Won&#8217;t Send Our Tax Dollars to China</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/11/06/hell-no-we-won%e2%80%99t-send-our-tax-dollars-to-china/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Wiping Blood Off White Buck Shoes</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/10/23/wiping-blood-off-white-buck-shoes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:55:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Democrats: Stop Kissing Elephant Trunk and Reform Health Insurance Right</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/10/18/democrats-stop-kissing-elephant-truck-and-do-insurance-reform-right/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2009/10/18/democrats-stop-kissing-elephant-truck-and-do-insurance-reform-right/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=1193</guid>
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		<title>&#8220;Anything Goes&#8221; Capitalism Destroys Companies and Workers&#8217; Lives</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/10/07/%e2%80%9canything-goes%e2%80%9d-capitalism-destroys-companies-and-workers%e2%80%99-lives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:23:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Los Angeles Times to Colombia:  Prosecute Corporate Supporters of Terrorism</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/10/04/los-angeles-times-to-colombia-prosecute-corporate-supporters-of-terrorism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<title>Enforcing the Rule of Trade Law</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/09/25/enforcing-the-rule-of-trade-law/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2009/09/25/enforcing-the-rule-of-trade-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Obama Plans to Reform Economy, Not Just Health Insurance</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/09/16/obama-plans-to-reform-economy-not-just-health-insurance/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2009/09/16/obama-plans-to-reform-economy-not-just-health-insurance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>New Reason for Devotion to Employee Free Choice Act</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/09/15/new-reason-for-devotion-to-employee-free-choice-act/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2009/09/15/new-reason-for-devotion-to-employee-free-choice-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
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