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	<title><![CDATA[Is the GOP Risking the Economy to Win the PR War Against Unions?]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/art-levine/is-gop-risking-the-econom_b_151326.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Even as the auto industry teeters on collapse, <a href="http://www.freep.com/article/20081215/BUSINESS01/812150381">union-bashing </a>continues as the mainstay of a <a href="http://thenewshole.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/12/12/1713569.aspx">GOP propaganda war</a> against organized labor. With three million jobs at stake, potentially costing taxpayers <a href="http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/12/uaw_concessions.html">$150 billion in unemployment insurance, Medicaid, other aid and lost tax revenues,</a> unions remain the primary targets of the <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/12/14/sunday-show-guests-play-blame-game-on-failure-of-auto-bailout/">GOP blame game </a>for the troubled auto industry and the failed bailout deal. The Bush Administration, while <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE4B50CL20081215">dithering </a> over the scope of any bailout with...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-01-16T05:12:00-05:00</date_published>
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