Warren Buffett pays taxes
Warren Buffett pays taxes on a smaller percentage of his billions in income than his cleaning lady. Eric Alterman
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Warren Buffett pays taxes on a smaller percentage of his billions in income than his cleaning lady. Eric Alterman
As a parent and a citizen, I’ll take a Bill Gates (or Warren Buffett) over Steve Jobs every time. If we must have billionaires, better they should ignore Jobs’s example and instead embrace the morality and wisdom of the great industrialist-philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Eric Alterman
Good for Warren Buffett that he can afford to do that! Some people, sometimes, need to finance a purchase or rent a car, and a credit card becomes a necessity. Elizabeth Warren
All capitalists should be like Warren Buffett, and he says he should be taxed more. Ed Asner
I give away about 50 percent of my income, so my, you know, desire to give back to the country is pretty strong and I intend to give away a lot more. I’ve signed the giving pledge with Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, and I intend to give away the bulk of my money. David … Read more
It’s really a question of fairness and what kind of country we’re going to live in. There are 22,000 people making over $1 million. They’re paying an effective tax rate in the teens. As Warren Buffett said, he pays less in taxes effectively than his secretary does. That’s not right. David Plouffe
Buffett, when he gave away his money, referenced Carnegie. He quoted from Carnegie. When he said, The man who dies rich dies disgraced, in the 1880s, his fellow millionaires looked on him like he was a lunatic, you know, an idiot, a mad man. David Nasaw
If there are still honest-smart men and women within those old and noble traditions, they should think carefully, observe and diagnose the illness. They should face the contradiction. Discuss the conflation. And then do as Warren Buffett and Bill Gates and many others have done. Choose the miracle of creative competition over an idolatry of … Read more
Arnold Schwarzenegger has hired billionaire Warren Buffett as his senior economic advisor. And not to be outdone Gary Coleman announced his senior economic adviser will be Thurston Howell the Third. Conan O’Brien
I’m so tired of talking about Warren Buffett. Chris Christie