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	<title>USW Blog &#187; Barack Obama</title>
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		<title>Wild Cards, Economic and Political</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2012/01/21/wild-cards-economic-and-political/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Allied Approaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[from Robert Kuttner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012 Presidential Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=13262</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[President Obama is exceptionally lucky when it comes to the weaknesses of the Republican field and its stunning penchant for mutually assured destruction. Who would have expected, for instance, that Newt Gingrich&#8217;s billionaire-backed super-PAC, aiming to destroy front-runner Mitt Romney, would produce a documentary advertisement on private equity slightly to the left of what we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recess Appointments: Backlash to Blackmail</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2012/01/10/recess-appointments-backlash-to-blackmail/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2012/01/10/recess-appointments-backlash-to-blackmail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[pay roll tax break]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=12989</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In recent weeks, President Obama finally internalized and implemented the advice of American parents on dealing with bullies. He stood his ground. He called the GOP bluff on the payroll tax. And they backed down. He recess appointed four officials, defying GOP attempts to thwart service to American workers and borrowers. Apparently, it’s a new day in Washington, one in which Democrats, who control the presidency and the majority in the U.S. Senate, are fed up and not going to take GOP bullying and blackmail anymore.]]></description>
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		<title>Biden Gets China</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2012/01/04/biden-gets-china/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2012/01/04/biden-gets-china/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Allied Approaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[From the News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[china]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China-US Strategic And Ecnonomic Dialogue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kurt Campbell]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Thomas Donilon]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=12913</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A senior White House official has confirmed that Vice President Joe Biden will take the lead on the administration&#8217;s next phase China policy. While the Departments of State and Treasury have held important functional roles in conducting the China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue meetings, raising the bilateral status of US-China relations with ongoing meetings between [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Offer to the President</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/12/16/an-offer-to-the-president/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/12/16/an-offer-to-the-president/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Allied Approaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[From Robert Reich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012 Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elections 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glass-Steagall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama Reelection]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Robert Reich]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=12725</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mr. President, we heard what you said last week in Kansas &#8212; about the dangers to our economy and democracy of the increasing concentration of income and wealth at the top. We agree. And many of us are prepared to work our hearts out to get you reelected &#8212; as long as you commit to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Most Important Economic Speech of His Presidency</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/12/08/the-most-important-economic-speech-of-his-presidency/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/12/08/the-most-important-economic-speech-of-his-presidency/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Allied Approaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[From Robert Reich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012 Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economic Inequality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elections 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[income inequality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inequality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama Inequality Speech]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The President&#8217;s speech this week in Osawatomie, Kansas &#8212; where Teddy Roosevelt gave his &#8220;New Nationalism&#8221; speech in 1910 &#8212; is the most important economic speech of his presidency in terms of connecting the dots, laying out the reasons behind our economic and political crises, and asserting a willingness to take on the powerful and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Campaign Finance Reform &#8212; Now More Than Ever</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/24/campaign-finance-reform-now-more-than-ever/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/24/campaign-finance-reform-now-more-than-ever/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 14:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Allied Approaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[From Our Allies and Partners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Campaign Finance Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citizens United]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mccain-Feingold]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=12281</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Campaign finance in this country is in a very bleak place after decades of direct attacks and equally sad unintended consequences. The Supreme Court&#8217;s 2010 landmark decision in Citizens United v. FEC was the final straw in the corporate hijacking of our political system which began fully thirty years ago. In Citizens United, the Court, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Traditional Voting Fails; Alternative Works</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/08/traditional-voting-fails-alternative-works/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/08/traditional-voting-fails-alternative-works/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bank of America]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=12002</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Corporate and clandestine campaign contributions have undermined the power of traditional voting, the kind done at polls on election day. Rather than voters, politicians now serve donors, who invest tens of millions and demand returns in the form of self-serving policy. This is demoralizing to those who cherish democracy and the sanctity of one person, one vote. When the 99 percent forced Bank of America to back off its proposed debit card fee, a ray of hope appeared. Average Americans accomplished this by voting differently, not at the ballot box but at the teller window, the twitter account and the Occupy march. They found another way to exercise their franchise and force the powerful to respond.  ]]></description>
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		<title>The 99% Seek a Just Economy, Not Just an Economy</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/10/24/the-99-seek-a-just-economy-not-just-an-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/10/24/the-99-seek-a-just-economy-not-just-an-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=11704</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[GOP Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio called the Republican jobs bill, the Jobs Through Growth Act, a “pro-growth proposal to create the environment for jobs.” It is, in fact, a pro-business proposal to permit corporations to destroy the environment for humans. It is another GOP ploy to appease, accommodate and absolve corporations. It is another GOP ruse to firmly establish in America an economy designed for, dedicated to and directed by corporations rather than a just economy controlled by and beneficial to the 99 percent.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Equity and Sensibility</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/09/21/equity-and-sensibility/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/09/21/equity-and-sensibility/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:53:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=11232</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The rich and wealthy corporations have perverted the progressive tax code.  Now what America’s got is a flip-flop under which the fabulously wealthy pay taxes at rates lower than the middle class. This week, President Obama proposed returning the tax code to a time closer to equity and sensibility. He asked that millionaires and corporations pay taxes at the same rate as the middle class. Not more, as they once did. But at an equal rate. It’s not revolutionary. It’s retro. And it would help create jobs.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Rejects Medicare Age Increase</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/09/19/obama-rejects-medicare-age-increase/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/09/19/obama-rejects-medicare-age-increase/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:16:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[From Campaign for America's Future]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=11173</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal and other media are reporting definitively on the Obama deficit plan to be announced on Monday. The big news: the President will not propose raising the Medicare eligibility age. So the millions of older workers and unemployed people now desperately trying to hold on until they reach age 65 will not [...]]]></description>
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