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		<title>The Los Angeles puppeteer wishing he too could get a bailout</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S auto makers are not the only ones in need of a bailout package from the government. Bob Baker is the owner of a famous Los Angeles Marionette Theater and is struggling to keep his puppeteer business alive because of the tough economic conditions. 

The theatrical legend has been operating the business for forty nine long [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">U.S auto makers are not the only ones in need of a bailout package from the government. Bob Baker is the owner of a famous Los Angeles Marionette Theater and is struggling to keep his puppeteer business alive because of the tough economic conditions. </p>
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The theatrical legend has been operating the business for forty nine long years. At the moment his financial situation is so uncertain that the owner is worried whether he will be able to make it at fifty. </p>
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The theater house that is situated in Los Angeles displays a unique environment which makes you travel back in time. It is almost like a never land construed on the suspension of disbelief. The theater is loaded with stringed puppets that are made to sing by their master in order to entertain the crowd.</p>
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The city has been enjoying the puppet performances from the theater house for forty nine years now. The owner of the popular puppet house said &#8220;There&#8217;s something magical about puppets,” Bob Baker, the man who has been behind the scene of countless puppet shows is now an eighty four year old kid who dwells in his very own Never Land. Uncertain about the future Bob Baker said &#8220;I want to make a 50th-year if everything goes well,” But the fact of the matter is that things are not going to well for the master of puppets who is having his strings pulled by the downward spiraling economy. </p>
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Baker said &#8220;To do a show around here costs about $10,000 to $15, 000,” With the prices going up and the crowd shrinking in number there is little hope that the theater house will be able to survive as a profitable business. Bob Baker has been keen on talking his shows to various schools but the economic downturn has restricted the number of field trips entertained by schools thus further affecting his business. </p>
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Baker is currently indebted to the Bank from where he drew a mortgage to save his business. This poses a risk to all the employees of the theater as well. The master of puppets has all his strings tied up and wishes he too could be given a bail out package by the government to save his business. </p>
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