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							<title><![CDATA[How To Tax a Billionaire]]></title>
							<link>https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/06/california-billionaire-tax-billionaires-wealth-gap-unrealized-gains-rich-possible-fair/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Mechanic</author>
							<description><![CDATA[America's oligarchs guard their hoards jealously'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'but there may be a way in.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America Still Hasn't Processed Its Original Sin]]></title>
							<link>https://www.motherjones.com/media/2021/08/black-author-america-original-sin-legacy-slavery-clint-smith-book-how-word-passed/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Mechanic</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In How the Word Is Passed, author Clint Smith reveals how we grapple'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'or not'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'with slavery and its legacy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Power of One Stimulus Buck]]></title>
							<link>http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2009/05/what-one-stimulus-buck-could-do</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Mechanic</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Okay, quick:  Which portion of the US economy consumes the most energy? Nope. It'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'s not transportation. Not manufacturing either. The correct answer is the building sector, which guzzles about three-quarters of the nation's electricity and half of our overall energy'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('—').';'and is responsible...]]></description>
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