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		<title>Burying Your Victories: What if Obama Taxed the Rich But Never Told Anyone?</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2012/01/10/burying-your-victories-what-if-obama-taxed-the-rich-but-never-told-anyone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know Obama’s health care bill contained a $20 billion a year tax on the richest Americans? I didn’t until I stumbled onto a mention of this the other day, although writing about politics is my life and I was angry at the loss of a national public option. I asked a dozen other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 1 Percent Indifferent to Their Indebtedness</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/29/the-1-indifferent-to-their-indebtedness/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/29/the-1-indifferent-to-their-indebtedness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brent T. White]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bush tax cuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Elizabeth Warren]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Patriotic Millionaires for Fiscal Strength]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[underwater mortgage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Americans don’t like debt, including bills owed by their government. It weighs on them; they’ll take second jobs to pay off loans. But for the majority of millionaires – the 1 percent -- incurring debt does not evoke anxiety. They’re numb to the feeling of obligation that indebtedness induces in the 99 percent. They feel no duty to repay America for creating the environment that enabled them to amass all that wealth.  Thus the Super Committee failed. The 1 percent refused to pay their debts.]]></description>
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		<title>Giving Thanks for the Occupation, Election, Demonstrations</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/22/giving-thanks-for-the-occupation-election-demonstrations/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/22/giving-thanks-for-the-occupation-election-demonstrations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Kasich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Main Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natalie Merchant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[occupy Wall Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patriotic Millionaires for Fiscal Strength]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Thanksgiving]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For too many Americans, it will be hard to muster gratitude this Thanksgiving as they suffer the painful and prolonged effects of the recession caused by the Wall Street crash. The past two months, though, produced glimmers of hope -- the occupation, the election and the mid-November demonstrations. These events suggest empowerment of the 99 percent and emergence of change. They’re reason for thanks giving, especially by those formerly in the middle class who will for the first time experience this holiday without the traditional feast. ]]></description>
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		<title>Crash Tax: Wall Street Reparations</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/15/crash-tax-wall-street-reparations/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/15/crash-tax-wall-street-reparations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[1 percent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[99 percent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angela Merkel]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Peter DeFazio]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Robin Hood tax]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[social security]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tom Harkin]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=12073</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Americans bailed out Wall Street, handing it a Marshall Plan for reconstruction after its bad bets blew up the world economy.  Now, three years later, happy days are here again for the Wall Street banksters. But the American middle class continues to suffer high unemployment, record foreclosures and rising poverty. So it’s time for Wall Street to pay reparations. It’s time for a crash tax, a tiny sales tax on Wall Street transactions, the revenues from which would pay for Main Street restoration.]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[From the USW International President]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bank of America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CBS poll]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[debit card fee]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[move your money]]></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>Democrats on Super Committee Propose Cuts to Social Security and Medicare!</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/06/democrats-on-super-committee-propose-cuts-to-social-security-and-medicare/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/06/democrats-on-super-committee-propose-cuts-to-social-security-and-medicare/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 12:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Videos]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Roger Hickey of Campaign for America&#8217;s Future goes on The Thom Hartmann Show to urge Americans to stop the &#8220;Super Committee&#8221; from cutting social safety net programs like Social Security and Medicare.]]></description>
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		<title>Tell Congress &#8220;No&#8221; to Super Committee Cuts in Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/03/tell-congress-no-to-super-committee-cuts-in-social-security-medicare-medicaid/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/03/tell-congress-no-to-super-committee-cuts-in-social-security-medicare-medicaid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Allied Approaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[From AFL-CIO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget deficit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial transaction tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=11881</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The AFL-CIO is launching a campaign and gearing up its 700,000 online activists to tell Congress that the proposals by both Republicans and Democrats on the federal budget deficit “Super Committee” to slash Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are “simply unacceptable,” AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said in a telephone press conference this morning. He told reporters [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three Reasons Why It&#8217;s Better for the Economy if the Super-Committee Fails to Get a Deal</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/10/25/three-reasons-why-its-better-for-the-economy-if-the-super-committee-fails-to-get-a-deal/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/10/25/three-reasons-why-its-better-for-the-economy-if-the-super-committee-fails-to-get-a-deal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Allied Approaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[From the News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget Deal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Debt Ceiling Deal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=11743</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Thursday&#8217;s Washington Post headline blared: &#8220;Debt panel&#8217;s lack of progress raises alarm on Hill.&#8221; In fact it is far better for everyday Americans if the so-called Super Committee fails entirely to get a deal. The overarching reason is simple: any deal they are likely to strike will make life worse for everyday Americans &#8212; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Being Rich Makes Us Poor, People Should Occupy Wall Street</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/10/11/when-being-rich-makes-us-poor-people-should-occupy-wall-street/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/10/11/when-being-rich-makes-us-poor-people-should-occupy-wall-street/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:21:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[From CEPR Co-Director Dean Baker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial crisis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Very Serious People in Washington are busy trying to find creative ways to cut Social Security and Medicare and take other benefits from middle-class and moderate-income families. The refrain here is that we just can&#8217;t afford this level of generosity any more. There are two parts of this story that should drive the rest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why the New Healthcare Law Should Have Been Based on Medicare (And What Democrats Should Have Learned By Now)</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/08/16/why-the-new-healthcare-law-should-have-been-based-on-medicare-and-what-democrats-should-have-learned-by-now/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/08/16/why-the-new-healthcare-law-should-have-been-based-on-medicare-and-what-democrats-should-have-learned-by-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Montana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Allied Approaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[From Robert Reich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two appellate judges in Atlanta — one appointed by President Bill Clinton and one by George H.W. Bush – have just decided the Constitution doesn’t allow the federal government to require individuals to buy health insurance. The decision is a major defeat for the White House. The so-called “individual mandate” is a cornerstone of the [...]]]></description>
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