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            <title>With Economy in the Depths, McCain Stays Shallow</title>
            <description> As the stock market  continues to crash at historic rates , John McCain refuses to talk substantively about the issues that are most affecting American families. His lack of a coherent response to the economic crisis shows once again just how out of touch he is with the economic issues that concern the average American.   John McCain supports tax cuts for millionaires, but provides no relief for 100 million middle-class Americans. He has repeatedly said that the Bush tax cuts for the rich must be made permanent and even expanded. As  CNNMoney.com  has reported, &amp;ldquo;President Bush&amp;rsquo;s tax cuts for investment income have significantly lowered the tax burden on the richest Americans.&amp;rdquo; Unfortunately it has done&amp;nbsp;next to nothing&amp;nbsp;for everyone else.   McCain&amp;rsquo;s economic plans, like Bush&amp;rsquo;s, put CEOs, multibillion dollar corporations, and lobbyists before the interests of American families. His stated plans do more for the Fortune 200, who would get  $45 billion in tax cuts , than they for families struggling just to get by. As a result of McCain&amp;rsquo;s policies, Big Oil would receive nearly  $4 billion in tax breaks . He makes this proposal at a time when average Americans have been getting gouged at the pumps and are worrying about heating their homes this winter.  </description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:09:40 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Cory @ One Wisconsin Now</dc:creator>
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            <title>Why Did Van Hollen Stay Off Predatory Lender Lawsuit?</title>
            <description> Wisconsin Attorney General JB Van Hollen  refused to join a civil lawsuit  along with 11 other states against one of the nation&#039;s largest predatory lenders, which just netted a record-$8.4 billion settlement. Financial disclosure records show Van Hollen owned stock totaling as much as $150,000 in at least three subprime lenders.  Attorney General Van Hollen should explain to Wisconsin why he didn&#039;t join both Republican and Democratic Attorneys General in this critical lawsuit. Knowing Van Hollen has up to $150,000 in stocks of three other companies which have done major subprime lending raises serious concerns about his inaction on this case and cases which may arise in the future. </description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:10:29 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Scot @ One Wisconsin Now</dc:creator>
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            <title>The McCain-Palin Health Care Shell Game: The Canary in the Mine</title>
            <description> While America&amp;rsquo;s attention was riveted on hunting trophies and beautified pigs, Wall Street decided it was time to distract us with some melodrama of its own.&amp;nbsp; The recent financial meltdown was not the work of foreign enemies, though it may give them great comfort to learn how adept we have become at producing self-inflicted wounds.&amp;nbsp; All of a sudden, John McCain is a regulator who will protect us against the unrestricted free market he denies he ever advocated.&amp;nbsp; But who will protect us against John McCain and his running mate, who have replaced the now discredited financial derivative with an even better instrument of economic mass destruction, the budget neutral tax credit. </description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:28:24 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Quality Counts</dc:creator>
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            <title>McCain v. McCain: The Role of Increased Government Regulation in an Unrestrained Free Market</title>
            <description> John McCain and Sarah Palin have spent much of the past few weeks attacking the greedy, corrupt villains behind the collapse of our financial markets. And there truly were some pretty shady characters involved in some very questionable financial dealings. But a crisis of this magnitude never is the fault of just a few rotten apples. What McCain and Palin can&#039;t seem to grasp is that environmental factors can turn honorable people into criminals and people of questionable morality into models of probity.   Shade the truth just a bit, do this over and over again, and the possibility of weapons of mass destruction becomes a certainty. Create financial instruments that no one really understands, add a little more risk with each derivative, and all of a sudden you&#039;ve inoculated the entire financial system with a virulent strain of almost worthless paper. But John McCain and Sarah Palin are as wedded to their mistaken notion of free market economics as George Bush is to his war in Iraq. Out of political necessity, McCain and Palin may try to sound like they understand the need for government referees at a free market football game, but in the end they simply can&#039;t surrender their favorite theory to some stubborn little facts. </description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:13:44 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Nass Winning Jihad Against UW</title>
            <description> Rep. Steve Nass has won.  A report by the  conservative Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance  says Wisconsin had the lowest increase in higher education funding of any state in the country over the past five years -- save for Michigan, which actually cut higher education. </description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:16:10 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Scot @ One Wisconsin Now</dc:creator>
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            <title>Broken Record McCain&amp;#8217;s Greatest Hits</title>
            <description> I&amp;rsquo;ve heard about sticking to your talking points but this is getting downright ridiculous. Even though the Bush Economy has been a total disaster for sometime, John McCain has continued to parrot that the &amp;ldquo;fundamentals of our economy are strong.&amp;rdquo; I&amp;rsquo;ve wondered if he kept repeating this mantra in the past because he is so out of touch with the average working American, but even now with  the investor class starting to get hit hard , McCain is still stuck on stupid.   As recently as yesterday morning, in the midst of an absolute financial crisis, McCain once again proclaimed in a Florida rally that &amp;ldquo; Our economy, I think, still, the fundamentals of our economy are strong .&amp;rdquo; On a day when we saw the Dow Jones close down over 500 points and a complete collapse of another major financial institution? I don&amp;rsquo;t know what economy McCain is talking about but it&amp;rsquo;s definitely not this one.  </description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:02:16 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Cory @ One Wisconsin Now</dc:creator>
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            <title>SEIU to Expose Underperformance, Mismanagement at Protest</title>
            <description>On Wednesday, the SEIU will be demonstrating outside of a State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) monthly meeting, as they expose the losses and mismanagement of a Lazard-affiliated investment, owned by state and international pension funds. The SEIU activists will call on SWIB to stop gambling with workers&#039; pension fund money.</description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:44:37 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Cody O</dc:creator>
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            <title>The State of Working Wisconsin 2008</title>
            <description> The Center on Wisconsin Strategy has released its  2008 State of Working Wisconsin report  and in surprise to very few, the George W. Bush economy continues to batter the state. In what appears to be a consistent theme throughout the Bush economy, the report finds that although productivity is up that many workers are simply not enjoying the benefit. Actually with each year, working folks have struggled more&amp;nbsp; and more in the last eight years.   More specifically the report found that Wisconsin has lost some 24,000 jobs since June 2007, 13,000 of which are manufacturing jobs. Wisconsin has a median wage that has fallen in recent years, and has a four-person family income that has fallen nearly $6,000 since 2000, three times the national drop. The report also found that although we have a relatively high health insurance coverage rate, it has been in a steady decline in recent years. One of the key reasons that we are seeing such a drastic decline is because too many employers are shifting away from providing health care for their employees. Unfortunately this is something that  Senator John McCain&amp;rsquo;s health care plan would actually encourage . The rate of employees getting their insurance through their employer has fallen from 73 percent in 1979 to 58 percent in 2006. This change has had a very disproportionate and troubling effect on poverty-wage workers.  </description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:01:09 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Cory @ One Wisconsin Now</dc:creator>
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            <title>Q &amp;amp; A with AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Sara Rogers</title>
            <description>Topic: Where America Is Headed  OWN: The economy is on everyone&amp;rsquo;s mind these days. What are you hearing from your members about the failed economic policies of George W. Bush and John McCain?  Sara Rogers: Our country is headed in the wrong direction. Unemployment is up, wages are down, and we&amp;rsquo;re sending too many good, family supporting jobs overseas. We&amp;rsquo;re watching our nation let the middle class down, and we&amp;rsquo;re deeply worried about our children&amp;rsquo;s futures. </description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:54:22 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Scot @ One Wisconsin Now</dc:creator>
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            <title>Motorcycle parts, engine manufacturer cuts 60 jobs citing &amp;#8216;economic slump&amp;#8217;</title>
            <description> At the beginning of this month, Sen. John McCain made a stop (read &amp;ldquo;gimmick&amp;rdquo;) in Sturgis, South Dakota in an attempt to energize motorcycle enthusiasts, joking about tire gauges and getting some cheers after making hollow statements like &amp;ldquo;This is my first time here but I recognize that sound. It&amp;rsquo;s the sound of freedom and thank you for it.&amp;rdquo;  But the town of Viola, Wisconsin is in no mood to joke or cheer because just last week,  S&amp;amp;S Cycle announced that it would be cutting 60 jobs , including 58 from its facility in Viola. The company&amp;rsquo;s president, Brett Smith, &amp;ldquo;blamed the economic slump for a downturn in sales&amp;rdquo; at a time when Sen. McCain believes &amp;ldquo; the fundamentals of our economy are strong. &amp;rdquo; </description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:04:04 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Cody O</dc:creator>
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            <title>The Rising Costs of Bad Policy</title>
            <description> We have seen the Bush energy policy at work now for nearly eight years, it seems to be a plan based on not leaving any big oil and gas company behind. The policy appears to be the following simple formula: give a free pass to these massive special interests in any way possible, give them record amounts of handouts from the public and then allow them to &amp;ldquo;thank&amp;rdquo; the public by gouging them at every possible turn. This energy free-for-all has most definitely had an impact, unfortunately it has been a hugely negative one for individual citizens and the entire economy.   Consumers are paying record amounts at the pump, while Big Oil pulls in  record profits . This has a major impact on the price of things like food and other essentials. In many ways it is responsible for  a 17 year record high  in inflation. As if working people weren&amp;rsquo;t hurting enough in this Bush economy, now we are getting early warnings about just how much more it will take to  heat our homes this winter . Estimates from the Department of Energy project that heating costs will climb 21 percent in the Midwest this year. There is an expected 26 percent increase for homes that stay warm with heating oil.   Even with all of the bad news, John McCain has decided to follow the Bush economic and energy &amp;ldquo;plans&amp;rdquo;. As it has been previously documented, McCain has already learned how to  roll over for Big Oil interests  by reversing his own positions. Actually, McCain plans to go even further than Bush in many ways when it comes to appeasing Big Oil. He has not only decided to back Bush&amp;rsquo;s irresponsible tax cuts for the wealthy but he also gives away the treasury on even more tax cuts for big corporations. Big Oil would receive some  $4 billion in additional handouts . It would be difficult to imagine, but such a McCain economy could make a terribly bad situation much worse.  </description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:28:59 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Cory @ One Wisconsin Now</dc:creator>
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            <title>Accurate tax facts: Wisconsin is middle-of-the-pack</title>
            <description>Once again, elected officials have pounced on a report by the Tax Foundation to mislead taxpayers into thinking that Wisconsin can&#039;t afford to adequately fund its public institutions.  The latest cases are Rep. Steve Nass (R-Whitewater) and Sen. Mary Lazich (R-New Berlin), who separately cited a new study by the Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation, claiming Wisconsin is among the top ten states in tax effort. Not so! Indeed, the latest U.S. Census Bureau data show that taxes and fees for state and local government are 3% lower in Wisconsin than the national average. The national average is $5,803 per person; Wisconsin&#039;s figure is $5,607.</description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:41:22 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Institute for Wisconsin&#039;s Future</dc:creator>
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            <title>Paw-Lenty of Problems in Minnesota</title>
            <description> Minnesota Republican Governor Tim Pawlenty is making his second trip of the summer to Wisconsin. He will be going to John McCain fundraisers in both Madison and Milwaukee that will cost $1,000 per couple. Rather than run around Wisconsin trying to raise money for campaigns, it might be advisable for Pawlenty to go back home and fix the mess that he has made in Minnesota.   Under Governor Tim Pawlenty Minnesota&amp;rsquo;s property taxes are up even though he made a campaign promise not to raise taxes. The Gopher State has actually endured a 70 percent rise in property taxes since 2002. [Sticker Shock, Minnesota 2020, 2/10/2008; Star Tribune, 3/30/03] Not only has Pawlenty&amp;rsquo;s tenure resulted in higher taxes but also in overcrowded schools and bad roads that are the worst that they have been in decades. In addition, Pawlenty&amp;rsquo;s signature job creation plan was totally panned by an independent auditor as useless and a waste of money. Even though Minnesota&amp;rsquo;s housing foreclosures are up to some of the worst levels in the nation, Pawlenty vetoed a bill that would have helped hundreds of families facing the loss of their homes. [Star Tribune, 5/29/08]   Given Pawlenty&amp;rsquo;s terrible record in Minnesota on issues from A to Z, it is a bit surprising that he has been chosen to be a lead cheerleader for John McCain. On the other hand, McCain is the same U.S. Senator that has eventually adopted almost all of the failed policies of the Bush Administration. Those are policies which have led us to economic, health care, energy and foreign policy disasters. It makes you wonder if John McCain has made failure a prerequisite to being one of his key advisors.  </description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:55:50 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>John McCain OPPOSES buying American-made motorcycles</title>
            <description>John McCain has described &quot;Buy American&quot; provisions as &quot;ludicrous&quot; [Congressional Record, 10/7/05] and has even gone so far as to sponsor and pass amendments to waive them.   
 
On Tuesday, the same day Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett held a press conference at the Milwaukee Building and Construction Trades Council, Steelworkers leafleted USW worksites across the state to spread the word about John McCain&#039;s opposition to buying American-made motorcycles like Harley-Davidsons. 
 
  CLICK HERE to WATCH Steelworker Greg Hinds talk about John McCain&#039;s OPPOSITION to buying American-made motorcycles   </description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:24:35 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Another horrible idea from the inexhaustible genius, Frank Lasee</title>
            <description>From the legislator who brought the great state of Wisconsin a plan to arm teachers with guns in an effort to curb school violence (you all remember his hilarious appearance on the Daily Show about 2 years ago&amp;hellip;),  comes another idea worthy of all kinds of jokes and ridicule &amp;ndash; lifting a ban on drilling for oil in the Great Lakes.  	  </description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:14:40 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Don&#039;t Choose a Member of the Tax Cut Choir</title>
            <description> Over the weekend the  Wisconsin State Journal  ran a story about the search for a new head for the Department of Commerce. It addresses how the right choice for the job is particularly important right now, during a challenging economy. The story goes on to quote state Senator Ted Kanavas (R-Brookfield) who trots out the right wing&#039;s one trick pony on the economy, endless corporate tax cuts. We have seen how good that approach has worked nationally, but apparently old habits (and knee jerk reactions) die hard for the Brookfield Senator. OWN Executive Director Scot Ross was also quoted shortly after Kanavas saying that tax cuts shouldn&#039;t be the first choice in creating a strong economy. He went on to say the following:    &amp;quot;The next commerce secretary needs to support spending on roads, schools, universities and municipal services because that infrastructure makes businesses want to stay and move here. Experience shows both in the state of Wisconsin and the rest of the country that tax cuts won&#039;t buy loyalty from corporations.&amp;quot;    Most corporations rely on a decent infrastructure to carry out their normal operations (roads, educated workforce, safety ect) . Most of that infrastructure is provided as a result of taxpayer investment. Blindly cutting away at it or finding ways to keep corporations from paying their fair share is actually counter productive for everyone. There are countless areas where public investment has spurred both the development of new technology and entire industries. Hopefully the new Secretary of Commerce will be a person that approaches the economy from a fresh perspective. Hopefully they will be an advocate for bold and broad solutions rather than joining the overly simplistic &amp;quot;tax cut choir&amp;quot; headed by partisans like Kanavas.  </description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:25:22 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Cory @ One Wisconsin Now</dc:creator>
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            <title>WMC to Members: &amp;#8220;(Don&#039;t) Read the Fine Print&amp;#8221;</title>
            <description>WMC has launched a (multi-)million dollar fundraising campaign to its members to finance continued issue-based smear campaigns against progressives who don&amp;rsquo;t kow-tow to WMC&amp;rsquo;s pro-corporate, anti-worker agenda. &amp;nbsp; We all know WMC has distorted the records of numerous public officials over the years, most notably in recent efforts to get the  ethically-challenged Mike Gableman  and  Annette Ziegler  onto the state&amp;rsquo;s highest court, as well as put the pampered JB Van Hollen into the state&amp;rsquo;s top cop slot. These moves were designed to create Supreme Court and Justice Department that lets business do whatever it wants and put to death any remaining consumer protections the people of Wisconsin still maintain.</description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:36:18 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Scot @ One Wisconsin Now</dc:creator>
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            <title>Questions That McCain Should Answer</title>
            <description> In anticipation of Senator John McCain&amp;rsquo;s Racine town hall meeting Thursday, several concerned Wisconsinites that will be unable to attend offered five questions that they would like McCain to answer.   John Valko, President of UAW Local 180 in Racine is concerned about the loss of good paying, family supporting jobs. He wants to ask Senator McCain why the country should continue the harmful policies that he supports which have caused our current economic crisis. This crisis includes the loss of some 92,000 manufacturing jobs in Wisconsin during the Bush administration. Specifically Valko cites John McCain&amp;rsquo;s support for disastrous Bush policies including unfair trade deals, and massive tax cuts for big corporations and the wealthiest individuals.   John Valko&#039;s question: &amp;ldquo;The policies you have championed have resulted in an economic nightmare for families across Wisconsin, so my question is: Why would we want to continue your failed policies which have devastated our country?&amp;quot;  </description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:59:42 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Cory @ One Wisconsin Now</dc:creator>
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            <title>Conservative Talking Point Taxed by Reality</title>
            <description> State Senator Kathleen Vinehout wrote a  column in the Tomah Journal  recently. It debunks the conservative talking point that lower business taxes are a cure-all for everything that ails us. Conservatives have relentlessly parroted the talking point so often that some just accept it as fact without even looking at the actual data. The right wing has also changed the meaning of a &amp;ldquo;good business tax climate&amp;rdquo; from one that is simple, fair, and transparent to one that basically doesn&amp;rsquo;t exist at all.   In her column, Senator Vinehout exposes conservative groups, like the Tax Foundation and its Tax Climate Index. She correctly points out that it only measures the level of taxes but fails to give a more complete picture by including the economic growth of each state. Do the states with the lowest business tax actually bring economic growth and prosperity? Vinehout tries to answer that question by comparing the Tax Foundation&amp;rsquo;s ratings with the latest growth rates in state gross product. Here are just a few of Senator Vinehout&amp;rsquo;s findings:  </description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:59:30 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Cory @ One Wisconsin Now</dc:creator>
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            <title>Working America Hosting Racine Canvass Monday</title>
            <description> Working America &amp;ndash;-  the AFL-CIO&amp;rsquo;s grassroots organization for workers who don&amp;rsquo;t have unions on the job  -&amp;mdash; is holding a press briefing and door-to-door canvass Monday in Racine starting at 3:00 p.m. to strengthen the voice of Wisconsin working people.  &amp;ldquo;We meet single mothers, seniors, college students, manufacturing and service workers and everyone in between. What we hear over and over again is that people want to be involved. They want to help solve the economic crisis we&amp;rsquo;re facing in Racine, Wisconsin and the nation,&amp;rdquo; said Working America Canvass Director Christina Jens. &amp;ldquo;Working America reaches out to folks who don&amp;rsquo;t have a union on the job, and together, we can take action to make life better for our families.&amp;rdquo; </description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:48:06 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Scot @ One Wisconsin Now</dc:creator>
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