LTE: French elites called out

I thoroughly enjoyed Stephen Clarke's op-ed "French elites appalled by treatment of one of their own" (Page B7, May 21). He perfectly describes my impression of elites like Dominique Strauss-Kahn abusing those perceived to be of a lesser station.

 

This sense of entitlement, however, doesn't begin and end with molesting the help. It also includes abusing taxpayers — particularly American taxpayers - who among other things paid for Strauss-Kahn's $3,000 per night hotel rooms.

 

It's ironic to think that what he spent in just two weeks on hotel rooms as head of the International Monetary Fund can easily finance his stay for a year at an American prison, should he be convicted.

 

Pete Smith, Cypress

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