Hillary Clinton: We Should Be More Like Brazil!

In a speech given to the uber-liberal Brookings Institution, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declared that the rich in America don't pay their "fair share" of taxes.

Of course, she made no mention of what constitutes a "fair share", as she likely believes it is sufficient for her to simply point out their shortcomings in general now, and she'll figure out the appropriate tax rate when she becomes President.

She also mentioned that the US should look to, of all countries, Brazil as an example of a country that is being taxed to death, and yet still manages to grow.

"Brazil has the highest tax-to-GDP rate in the Western Hemisphere and guess what — they're growing like crazy," Clinton said. "And the rich are getting richer, but they're pulling people out of poverty."

Yes, the Brazil that is affectionately known as "the country of the future...and always will be!" is now apparently what the greatest country on earth should model itself after.

Clinton unsurprisingly does not point out that Brazil's growth is largely coming from mining vast quantities of iron ore and selling it to the China.

Is she perhaps signaling a newfound admiration and support for US mining companies, and will work to ensure their continued worldwide competitiveness (just like the Brazilian government)? That is unlikely.

What she reveals herself to be time and time again is an opportunistic politician that wants to be able to use more and more of the private property of Americans for her own statist, redistributionist agenda.