Warren Buffett and the 'Raise My Taxes' Lie | Red Dog Report: Billionaire investor Warren Buffett says that he wants the government to raise his taxes, but he does everything he can to pay less. - Readmore
Fausta's Blog » Blog Archive » Warren Buffett keeps begging: Buffett: I beg you to raise my taxesWarren Buffett, the third wealthiest man in the world with a net worth of around $80 billion, is demanding the U.S. government make the rich like him pay higher taxes and says they should no longer be protected like endangered “spotted owls.”Warren’s own spotty logic shines through here: ... - Readmore
Warren Buffett: 'Stop Coddling the Super-Rich' | Disinformation: Photo: Mark Hirschey (CC)Billionaire Buffett sounds off in the New York Times:Our leaders have asked for “shared sacrifice.” But when they did the asking, they spared me. I checked with my mega-rich friends to learn what pain they were expecting. They, too, were left untouched.While the poor and middle class fight for us in Afghanistan, and while most Americans struggle to make ends meet, we mega-rich continue to get our extraordinary tax breaks. Some of us are investment managers who earn billions from our daily labors but are allowed to classify our income as “carried interest,” thereby getting a bargain 15 percent tax rate. Others own stock index futures for 10 minutes and have 60 percent of their gain taxed at 15 percent, as if they’d been long-term investors.These and other blessings are showered upon us by legislators in Washington who feel compelled to protect us, much as if we… - Readmore
Warren Buffett: Tax Me More!: One of the super-rich says we should stop coddling the super-rich. - Readmore
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