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        <title><![CDATA[Michael R. Strain - Former Bloomberg Opinion Columnist]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Michael R. Strain is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He is director of economic policy studies and Arthur F. Burns Scholar in Political Economy at the American Enterprise Institute. He is the author of “The American Dream Is Not Dead: (But Populism Could Kill It).”]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Extra Benefits for Anti-Vax Jobless? Really?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Republicans were right to worry that lavish Covid unemployment insurance could slow the recovery. But now they’re rewarding people who lose jobs for defying employer vaccine mandates.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-01-07/vaccine-mandate-resisters-don-t-deserve-unemployment-insurance-benefits</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael R. Strain]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2022 12:00:09 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>They’re not victims.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Follow De Blasio’s Lead and Keep Schools Open During Omicron]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Classroom shutdowns set back poor children’s education and kept parents out of the workforce. Don’t let the latest variant make this disaster worse.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-12-29/de-blasio-is-right-to-keep-schools-open-during-omicron-surge</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael R. Strain]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2021 15:09:16 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A mother working from home sits alongside her son attending school remotely in an arranged photograph taken in Miami, Florida, U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. Tens of thousands of students and teachers haven&apos;t been able to access K12&apos;s My School Online platform this week. Miami-Dade public school revealed Wednesday that the district never signed a $15.3m no-bid contract with K12 Inc., the company at the center of the &quot;unprecedented crisis,&quot; according to a Miami Herald report.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[No, the Fed Can’t Make People Go Back to Work]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Workers are on the sidelines for reasons that loose monetary policy can’t fix. It’s up to Congress to find ways to encourage employment.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-12-14/the-fed-can-t-make-people-return-to-work</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael R. Strain]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2021 23:44:09 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A &apos;Now Hiring&apos; sign outside a outside a Casey&apos;s General Stores Inc. gas station in Seymour, Indiana, U.S., on Monday, Dec. 6, 2021. U.S. job openings jumped in October to the second-highest on record, underscoring the ongoing challenge for employers to find qualified workers for an unprecedented number of vacancies.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Republicans Battle Over ‘Socialism-Lite’]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Luminaries like Marco Rubio are repudiating free markets and big business. Defenders like Nikki Haley are retaliating, in a clash that looks back at Trump and forward to 2024.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-12-01/it-s-marco-rubio-versus-nikki-haley-in-republican-battle-over-socialism-lite</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael R. Strain]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2021 13:30:08 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>That was then.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Attention, Inflation Skeptics. Shoppers Are Talking to You.]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Strong consumer spending in October betrays fears of higher prices by Christmas. That’s inflationary psychology, and it’s self-fulfilling.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-11-18/inflation-watch-danger-signs-lurk-in-strong-retail-sales-report</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael R. Strain]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2021 12:00:35 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>It’s only October.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Big Business Can’t Rely on Republicans Anymore]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Populism is shattering a deep-rooted political relationship, and Democrats are hostile, too. It’s time to find friends in both parties.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-11-11/republican-split-from-big-business-requires-reshuffling-alliances</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael R. Strain]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2021 11:30:12 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>What’s going on in there?</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Holding Out for the Right Job? Don't Dawdle Too Long]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Yes, employers are desperate right now. But the longer workers sit it out, the more likely businesses will have permanently adapted to the labor shortage.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-10-26/holding-out-for-the-right-job-don-t-dawdle-too-long</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael R. Strain]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2021 12:30:08 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>That sign might come down as fast as it went up.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[What Greg Abbott and Gavin Newsom Sadly Have in Common]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Both governors are telling business what to do, but the Texas ban on vaccine mandates is a lot scarier than California’s order on gender-neutral toys.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-10-15/greg-abbott-and-gavin-newsom-have-one-thing-in-common</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael R. Strain]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2021 12:30:42 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A Republican who’s suppressing the rights of business. </media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Next Step for Democrats: Curb Their Ambitions]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The party needs to pare back its legislative agenda and narrow its focus. ]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-10-07/the-next-step-for-democrats-curb-their-ambitions</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Karl W. Smith]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2021 12:30:11 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>MANCHESTER, NH - SEPTEMBER 14: New Hampshire parents and other supporters gather outside of Senator Hassan&apos;s Manchester office to thank her for child tax credit payments and demand they be made permanent on September 14, 2021 in Manchester, New Hampshire. (Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images for ParentsTogether)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Republicans Need to Be More Than the Party of Trump]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A policy agenda based on populist programs to help working- and middle-class voters would be a political winner. A personality cult based on grievance wouldn’t.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-10-02/election-2024-republicans-need-to-be-more-than-pro-trump</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael R. Strain]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 02 Oct 2021 12:00:15 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>You’ll have to do better than that.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Democrats’ $3.5 Trillion Spending Plan Flunks Its Own Test]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Pouring money into the same old defective social programs won’t make Americans more prosperous, more secure or less unequal.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-09-16/biden-s-3-5-trillion-democratic-spending-plan-flunks-its-own-test</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael R. Strain]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2021 12:30:21 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Not good enough.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Raise the Debt Ceiling, Republicans. You’ll Be Glad You Did.]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[GOP default brinkmanship is already starting. It’s dangerous governance and self-destructive politics.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-09-10/republican-debt-ceiling-brinksmanship-could-lead-to-default</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael R. Strain]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2021 12:30:09 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>On the way up.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trudeau’s Populist Pose Could Hurt Canada’s Economy]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Plans to ban foreigners from buying homes for two years and impose surtaxes on big banks and insurers aren’t going to help the country’s economic performance.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-08-30/trudeau-s-populist-pose-could-hurt-canada-s-economy</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael R. Strain]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2021 13:00:17 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Borrowing from Trump’s bag of tricks?</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hey, Republicans, Stop Fighting Vaccine and Mask Mandates]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[From one conservative to another: Give businesses and localities freedom to respond to Covid-19. That’s what personal responsibility and limited government are all about.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-08-23/covid-19-vaccine-and-mask-mandates-shouldn-t-provoke-conservative-ire</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael R. Strain]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2021 12:30:27 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Free expression.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Too Much Covid Caution Will Be Bad for Schoolchildren]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Remote learning inflicted educational, psychological and economic damage last year. If classrooms slam shut every time there’s a positive test now, the result will be just as dire.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-08-20/covid-in-the-schools-too-much-caution-will-hurt-children</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael R. Strain]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2021 12:30:11 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Open up!</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Biden’s Child-Care Plan Might Only Raise Parents’ Costs]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Democrats will likely want to subsidize demand, as they have for federal student loans — meaning providers will keep raising their prices.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-08-16/biden-s-child-care-plan-would-likely-make-costs-rise</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael R. Strain]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2021 12:30:29 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>It takes a village.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Ban on Evictions Can’t Become Permanent]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Billions of dollars are still available to help needy renters. Once that money is distributed, the moratorium has to end. ]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-08-04/eviction-moratorium-can-t-become-permanent</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael R. Strain]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2021 20:00:40 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>What about the landlords?</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Don’t Even Think of Passing Biden’s Budget Bill Now]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The delta variant is no excuse for authorizing $3.5 trillion in spending on top of $550 billion for infrastructure.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-07-29/biden-s-3-5-trillion-budget-bill-should-die-in-august</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael R. Strain]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2021 13:30:11 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Guests ride the Flight of the Hippogriff roller coaster inside The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at the Universal Studios Hollywood theme park following the state&apos;s full reopening on June 15, 2021 in Universal City near Los Angeles, California. - California will let fully vaccinated workers go maskless after June 17, Governor Gavin Newsom said Monday. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Defund the Tax Police? Republicans Better Not]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[It’s fiscally irresponsible and morally suspect for GOP lawmakers to block IRS enforcement financing. ]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-07-26/defund-the-tax-police-republicans-better-not</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael R. Strain]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2021 12:30:11 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Assist the IRS.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Kudos to Bezos and the Space-Flight Billionaires]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Commercialization of space will benefit everyone. The super-rich are just getting it started.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-07-20/bezos-and-space-travel-billionaire-flights-will-help-everyone</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael R. Strain]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2021 17:18:52 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Nice work, Jeff.</media:description>
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