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Hillary Clinton: It's one of my pet peeves--countries that will not tax their elites but expect us to come in and help them serve their…

On the recordSeptember 27, 2010
It's one of my pet peeves--countries that will not tax their elites but expect us to come in and help them serve their people are just not going to get the kind of help from us that they have been getting . . .
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Hillary Clinton
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Criticism of countries not taxing elites while seeking foreign aid.

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