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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>
				<category><![CDATA[Allied Approaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[From Our Allies and Partners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Obama]]></category>

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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>Willard Mitt Romney Rails Against &#8220;Entitlement Society&#8221; &#8212; That Takes Chutzpa</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/12/31/willard-mitt-romney-rails-against-entitlement-society-that-takes-chutzpa/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/12/31/willard-mitt-romney-rails-against-entitlement-society-that-takes-chutzpa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 13:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Allied Approaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[From the News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Entitlements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitt Romney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opportunity Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican presidential Primary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social security]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, Republican Presidential candidate Willard Mitt Romney delivered a speech framing the 2012 presidential election as a choice between an &#8220;entitlement society&#8221; and an &#8220;opportunity society.&#8221; It really takes chutzpa for a guy who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth to rail against an &#8220;entitlement society.&#8221; Here is a guy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Republicans Try to Convert America into Pottersville</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/12/27/republicans-try-to-convert-america-into-pottersville/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/12/27/republicans-try-to-convert-america-into-pottersville/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the USW International President]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ayn Rand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bank run]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banking regulations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Bailey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare reform]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[minimum wage]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=12825</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The happy ending to the classic Christmas film “It’s a Wonderful Life” is the people of Bedford Falls banding together to rescue George Bailey and the Bailey Brothers Building &#038; Loan that had given so many of them a leg up over the years. Republicans seek a different conclusion.  They find middle class cooperation and community intolerable. They want the film’s greedy banker, Henry Potter, with his “every man for himself” philosophy to triumph. In the spirit of their self-centered mentor Ayn Rand, Republicans are trying to disfigure America until she resembles Pottersville. ]]></description>
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		<title>The Defining Issue: Not Government&#8217;s Size, But Who It&#8217;s For</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/12/23/the-defining-issue-not-governments-size-but-who-its-for/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/12/23/the-defining-issue-not-governments-size-but-who-its-for/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Allied Approaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[From Robert Reich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Big Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporate America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporate greed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporate taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare Spending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Ryan Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tea Party Big Government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=12768</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The defining political issue of 2012 won&#8217;t be the government&#8217;s size. It will be who government is for. Americans have never much liked government. After all, the nation was conceived in a revolution against government. But the surge of cynicism now engulfing America isn&#8217;t about government&#8217;s size. It&#8217;s the growing perception that government isn&#8217;t working [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Ryan Proposal Still Aims to Eliminate Medicare, Replace with Voucher Plan</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/12/15/new-ryan-proposal-still-aims-to-eliminate-medicare-replace-with-voucher-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/12/15/new-ryan-proposal-still-aims-to-eliminate-medicare-replace-with-voucher-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Allied Approaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[From the News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Breaking News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care For All]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare Cost Control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public option]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Wyden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ryan Plan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today, Republican House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan will present his new &#8220;bi-partisan compromise&#8221; plan to a meeting of an outfit known as the &#8220;Bipartisan Policy Center.&#8221; Ryan&#8217;s latest proposal would allow individuals to choose between traditional Medicare or vouchers that provide &#8220;premium support&#8221; for private insurance plans. Here&#8217;s what you need to know about the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time to Retake Politics From the One Percent in Both Political Parties</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/29/time-to-retake-politics-from-the-one-percent-in-both-political-parties/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/29/time-to-retake-politics-from-the-one-percent-in-both-political-parties/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Allied Approaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[From CEPR Co-Director Dean Baker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget deficit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The One Percent]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=12371</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The country is still celebrating the inability of the supercommittee to cut Social Security and Medicare, but it is important to move on from this victory to retake control of the political debate from the One Percent. As it stands, the One Percent are insisting that the country genuflect over the non-problem of the budget [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[From the USW International President]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brent T. White]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bush tax cuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deficit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deficit Super Committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elizabeth Warren]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Head Start]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patriotic Millionaires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patriotic Millionaires for Fiscal Strength]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[super committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the 1 percent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The 1%]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the 99 percent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the 99%]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[underwater mortgage]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=12340</guid>
		<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>
				<category><![CDATA[From the USW International President]]></category>
		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=12203</guid>
		<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>Why We May Be In Store for a Passionless Presidential Race</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/16/why-we-may-be-in-store-for-a-passionless-presidential-race/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/16/why-we-may-be-in-store-for-a-passionless-presidential-race/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Montana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Allied Approaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[From Robert Reich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012 Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deficit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social security]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=12094</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Polls show Americans angrier and more polarized than at any time since the Vietnam War. That’s not surprising. We have the worst economy since the Great Recession and the worst politics in living memory. The rise of the regressive right over the last three decades has finally spurred a progressive reaction. Occupiers and others have [...]]]></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[Bill Gates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crash tax]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fanny Mae]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial transactions tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freddie Mac]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Soros]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Joseph Stiglitz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Main Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicolas Sarkozy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[occupy Wall Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Krugman]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Peter DeFazio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter G. Peterson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robin Hood tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rowan Williams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tobin tax]]></category>
		<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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