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Hillary Clinton Pushes for Global Tax on Elites
Weekly Standard ^ | 09/25/2012 | BY DANIEL HALPER

Posted on 09/25/2012 5:23:41 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

In remarks this morning to the Clinton Global Initiative, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton proposed a radical idea: a global tax on elites around the world.

"One of the issues that I have been preaching about around the world is collecting taxes in an equitable manner, especially from the elites in every country," Clinton said to laughter from the audience. "You know I’m out of American politics, but – (applause) – it is a fact that around the world, the elites of every country are making money."

Clinton continued her rift on the rich. "There are rich people everywhere. And yet they do not contribute to the growth of their own countries."

The secretary of state suggested that the rich around the world do not give back to their communities. "They don’t invest in public schools, in public hospitals, in other kinds of development internally," said Clinton.

She continued, saying that it is up to foreign leaders to make the change. "And so it means for leaders telling powerful people things they don’t want to hear," Clinton said.

"It means being transparent about budgets and revenues and bringing corruption to light. And when that happens, we shouldn’t punish countries for uncovering corruption. We should reward them for doing so. And it means putting in place regulations designed to attract and protect investment."

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: clinton; clintonglobalist; enemywithin; globaltax; hillary; hillaryglobaltax; nwo; soros; statedepartment; taxtherich; un
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1 posted on 09/25/2012 5:23:50 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Our Founding Fathers would have started shooting by now.


2 posted on 09/25/2012 5:25:43 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal The 16th Amendment!)
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To: SeekAndFind
"You know I’m out of American politics....."

....wait till the next time she's in a bar with some lib dykes....we'll see..

3 posted on 09/25/2012 5:28:09 AM PDT by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: SeekAndFind
I'm not sure which Clinton is worse.
4 posted on 09/25/2012 5:28:19 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (If Barack has a memory like a steel trap, why can't he remember what the Constitution says?)
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s only fair, comrade!


5 posted on 09/25/2012 5:28:44 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: unixfox

Or at least tarred and feathered her, and run her out of the colonies on a rail.


6 posted on 09/25/2012 5:30:59 AM PDT by Sooth2222 ("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)
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To: SeekAndFind

Well its official: Global warming CO2 tax is dead. Next global tax idea.


7 posted on 09/25/2012 5:31:53 AM PDT by Raycpa
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To: SeekAndFind

This isn’t satire either? Good God!


8 posted on 09/25/2012 5:33:45 AM PDT by Andrei Bulba (No Obama, no way!)
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To: SeekAndFind
"It means being transparent about budgets and revenues and bringing corruption to light.

Well. Hillary has certainly done this all her life hasn't she? Especially the part about bringing corruption to light....

9 posted on 09/25/2012 5:34:03 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: SeekAndFind

The Elite of the elite, i.e. Hilary and her circle, will be exempt.


10 posted on 09/25/2012 5:36:31 AM PDT by jmcenanly ("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
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To: SeekAndFind
Once they get a global tax of any kind they will have the global dictatorship they have been waiting for, and they will make Hitler look a choir boy.
11 posted on 09/25/2012 5:37:23 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Government is the religion of the sociopath.)
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To: liberalh8ter
What sin did we commit to have the Clintons around these many years ?
12 posted on 09/25/2012 5:39:36 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (I didn't post this. Someone else did.)
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To: unixfox

It is getting real close to guillotine time.


13 posted on 09/25/2012 5:42:41 AM PDT by DarthVader (Politicians govern out of self interest, Statesmen govern for a Vision greater than themselves)
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To: SeekAndFind; ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas; DoughtyOne; Gilbo_3; Impy; stephenjohnbanker; NFHale; ...
I saw this, Our embassy attacked, her US ambassador killed in it and Hill thinks it her job to tell the world what their tax policy should be. Unbelievable.

Here's one for R+R to talk about, come on it's a softball.

14 posted on 09/25/2012 5:44:32 AM PDT by sickoflibs (Romney is still a liberal. Just watch him. (Obama-ney Care ))
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To: jmcenanly
The Elite of the elite, i.e. Hilary and her circle, will be exempt.

And the hands-out sheeple will see that as perfectly fair! I get so ticked off at this "redistribution" crap -- how 'bout you redistribute your own stash first, and leave my pitiful little nest egg alone!

15 posted on 09/25/2012 5:44:50 AM PDT by twyn1
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

I don’t know what sin we committed but I know this; the Obamas will be the next Clintons. We need to ensure that never happens. Hopefully, we can do that by following through with investigations and the prosecution of Obama’s crimes.


16 posted on 09/25/2012 5:46:44 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (If Barack has a memory like a steel trap, why can't he remember what the Constitution says?)
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To: liberalh8ter

She has looked relatively tame since Obama came onto the scene (in comparison) but only because she doesn’t broadcast her marxism like he does.

Barbara Olsen wrote about Hillary’s personal friendship with Saul Alinsky.
She is probably more of an Alinsyite than Obama


17 posted on 09/25/2012 5:47:01 AM PDT by Scotswife
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To: SeekAndFind

you FIRST, Clintons......you first. HYPOCRITES...they probably give NOTHING of their OWN to Charity!!


18 posted on 09/25/2012 5:47:58 AM PDT by Ann Archy ( ABORTION...the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

The sin of 50 MILLION ABORTIONS.....


19 posted on 09/25/2012 5:49:01 AM PDT by Ann Archy ( ABORTION...the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Axelrod told her to change the talking points and direct the conversation away from the Middle East so she pulled this BS out of her arse!


20 posted on 09/25/2012 5:56:22 AM PDT by WellyP (question!)
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