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   Republicans slammed Hillary Clinton on Sunday for an interview   
   with the British newspaper The Guardian in which she said she   
   and her husband pay full income taxes unlike “a lot of people   
   who are truly well off,” and added that voters “don’t see me as   
   part of the problem.”   
      
   The interview came nearly two weeks after Clinton made unwanted   
   headlines by telling ABC News’ Diane Sawyer that she and her   
   husband were “dead broke” when they left the White House, when   
   asked to defend her speaking fees of more than $200,000 a pop.   
      
   Clinton was asked by The Guardian how she will convince voters   
   that she’s not part of the problem at a moment when the issue of   
   income inequality is gaining increased focus.   
      
   “But they don’t see me as part of the problem,” she told the   
   paper, adding, “because we pay ordinary income tax, unlike a lot   
   of people who are truly well off, not to name names; and we’ve   
   done it through dint of hard work.”   
      
   Clinton aides did not immediately respond to an email for   
   comment.   
      
   But Republicans quickly seized on the interview. The Republican   
   research group America Rising blasted out a story about The   
   Guardian quotes, with the subject line: “What?”   
      
   “If Hillary is going to run for President she might be advised   
   to take a lengthy sabbatical from her $200k per pop speaking   
   tour and private shopping sprees at Bergdorfs to try and   
   reconnect with what’s happening back here on Earth,” America   
   Rising spokesman Tim Miller wrote in the email.   
      
   Adrienne Elrod, spokeswoman for the pro-Clinton group Correct   
   the Record, pushed back on Miller.   
      
   “Secretary Clinton’s point is about paying your fair share in   
   taxes, unlike leading Republicans who try to evade tax   
   responsibilities using offshore loopholes,” she said. “Mr.   
   Miller has selective memory if he doesn’t recall reports that   
   Mitt Romney reportedly maintained more than $30 million in the   
   Cayman Islands.”   
      
   Clinton, a day after the “dead broke” comment, clarified it,   
   reflecting her awareness that it was a needless gaffe.   
      
   Several people close to Clinton said it came from a place of   
   anger over the hundreds of thousands of dollars of legal bills   
   the couple had faced over Republican investigations into issues   
   like Whitewater and the Monica Lewinsky scandal. They needed   
   help from longtime friend Terry McAuliffe securing the home they   
   bought in Chappaqua when she first ran for the U.S. Senate from   
   New York.   
      
   Still, some Democrats have privately expressed surprise that   
   Clinton hasn’t had a better-developed answer on the topic of her   
   wealth. The former first couple has made more than $100 million   
   since leaving the White House, through book advances and   
   speaking fees, and it was clear before she began her book tour   
   that her critics planned to make an issue of it.   
      
   At issue for Romney in the 2012 campaign was not just his   
   wealth, but also an image that Democrats successfully promoted   
   as someone who was paying taxes at far lower rates than the   
   average person because his money came through investment income.   
      
   Earlier this month, Bloomberg News reported that the Clintons   
   have used tax methods to reduce estate tax levies.   
      
   “To reduce the tax pinch, the Clintons are using financial   
   planning strategies befitting the top 1 percent of U.S.   
   households in wealth,” Bloomberg News reported. “These moves,   
   common among multimillionaires, will help shield some of their   
   estate from the tax that now tops out at 40 percent of assets   
   upon death.”   
      
   Comments:   
      
   nopc4me • 21 hours ago   
   This is a display of the arrogance of Hillary. With a combined   
   net worth of over 100 million she is now "complaining that "they   
   aren't as rich as others." WELL LETS JUST ALL HAVE A "PITY   
   PARTY" FOR THEM OR BEND OVER AND TELL HER TO "KISS THE VERTICAL   
   SMILE!"   
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   BuckCarson  nopc4me • 20 hours ago   
   She's a sociopath with zero accomplishments, more harm than   
   help, looking for a way to paint a comic book story of villains   
   and heroes to divide the ignorant.   
      
   Let's thank God that the people have awoken.   
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   nopc4me  BuckCarson • 20 hours ago   
   You are more hopeful than I. Right now I could careless about   
   Hillary, I am far more focused on Republicans taking the Senate.   
   For if that isn't done there will be no way to stop Obama and   
   his phone and pen.   
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   Nancianne  nopc4me • 4 hours ago   
   Obama isn't nearly as dangerous as having the grifter clintons   
   back in the WH !!!   
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   Chris Smith  Nancianne • 2 hours ago   
   Communist or a crook, you tell me which is more dangerous.   
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