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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>The Republican &#8220;Do Not Resuscitate&#8221; Plan to Let Medicare Die</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/08/21/the-republican-do-not-resuscitate-plan-to-let-medicare-die/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2009/08/21/the-republican-do-not-resuscitate-plan-to-let-medicare-die/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=910</guid>
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		<title>RNC&#8217;s Michael Steele Becomes Union Man</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/06/21/rncs-michael-steele-becomes-union-man/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2009/06/21/rncs-michael-steele-becomes-union-man/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:57:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Health Care Policies Raise Questions</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/05/21/obamas-health-care-policies-raise-questions/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2009/05/21/obamas-health-care-policies-raise-questions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 13:58:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=670</guid>
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		<title>Build More Autos Overseas: Marginalize More U.S. Families</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/05/19/build-more-autos-overseas-marginalize-more-us-families/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2009/05/19/build-more-autos-overseas-marginalize-more-us-families/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 10:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=657</guid>
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		<title>Union Matters: Specter reneges on Employee Free Choice Act</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/04/03/union-matters-specter-reneges-on-employee-free-choice-act/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2009/04/03/union-matters-specter-reneges-on-employee-free-choice-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=559</guid>
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		<title>An open letter to David Axelrod</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/02/24/an-open-letter-to-david-axelrod/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2009/02/24/an-open-letter-to-david-axelrod/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:08:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<title>TARP is welfare; control it</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/02/06/control-tarp-spending/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2009/02/06/control-tarp-spending/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 04:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<title>Moving the political center</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/02/02/moving-the-political-center/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:54:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>To survive, Americans must assert themselves as economic patriots</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/01/29/to-survive-americans-must-assert-themselves-as-economic-patriots/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2009/01/29/to-survive-americans-must-assert-themselves-as-economic-patriots/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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