In fact, what the global taxers euphemistically call "innovative sources of financing" and "solidarity levies to fund development" are already being imposed.

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Brown banquettes upholstered in what the French euphemistically call moleskin but North Americans know as leatherette line both walls of the long, narrow railroad-car-like dining room, and there's a little bar just inside the front door where your bill is tallied and taxis are called.

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