A billionaire with a conscience?
Maybe there's some hope for America after all...
Robert Frank, Wall Street Journal blog
July 31, 2007, 11:02 am
The Billionaire Class Warrior
There’s a growing chorus of rich people making a surprising demand: “Raise our taxes!”
Warren Buffett sounded off last month at a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton, saying the rich should pay a more-fair share of taxes. He said that he surveyed his employees at Berkshire headquarters and found that all of them — down to the secretaries — paid a higher share of their income to taxes in 2006 than he did. And Mr. Buffett is the second-richest man in America. He told the group he uses no tax shelters, employs no tax planner and pays a mere 17.7%.
The Billionaire Class Warrior
There’s a growing chorus of rich people making a surprising demand: “Raise our taxes!”
Warren Buffett sounded off last month at a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton, saying the rich should pay a more-fair share of taxes. He said that he surveyed his employees at Berkshire headquarters and found that all of them — down to the secretaries — paid a higher share of their income to taxes in 2006 than he did. And Mr. Buffett is the second-richest man in America. He told the group he uses no tax shelters, employs no tax planner and pays a mere 17.7%.
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1 comment:
9 out of 10 Americans know that John Edwards paid $400 for a haircut, but I'm sure less than 1 out of 100 know Warren Buffet thinks he pays too little in taxes. WTF is wrong with today's media?
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