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Hillary Clinton on the super-rich.

By New Statesman Published 25 September 2012 7:15

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks to participants of the Clinton Global Initiative meeting in New York. Photograph: Getty Images.

You know I’m out of American politics but, it is a fact that around the world the elites of every country are making money. There are rich people everywhere. And yet they do not contribute to the growth of their own countries, they don’t invest in public schools, in public hospitals, in other kinds of development internally.

Who could Hillary Clinton possibly have in mind?

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3 comments

Tue, 2012-09-25 17:47 — Herbert (not verified)

Tony Blair?

Tue, 2012-09-25 16:15 — anonyyyy (not verified)

and what about her own personal wealth?

Tue, 2012-09-25 17:32 — jankaas (not verified)

good question. and the answer could lie in her tax returns, all of which she made available going back at least 12 years. Romney refuses to do anything approaching such relative transparency.