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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>A Do-It-Yourself Giant Does It To Workers</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/11/10/a-do-it-yourself-giant-does-it-to-workers/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2009/11/10/a-do-it-yourself-giant-does-it-to-workers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:19:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=1283</guid>
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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>
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		<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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=1155</guid>
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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>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<title>Tire Tariff Aids Manufacturing</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/09/19/tire-tariff-aids-manufacturing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 11:57:02 +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>Finally, a President with the Guts to Enforce Trade Laws</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/09/13/finally-a-president-with-the-guts-to-enforce-trade-laws/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:34:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Speak Up to Stop Unfair Trade</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/08/13/speak-up-to-stop-unfair-trade/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
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