Warren Buffet\'s Stance on Taxes
 

I'm sure it's been talked about here, but I don't think there was an official thread. To see what I'm references read this articles and the articles linked inside it:

Buffet Says the Rich aren't being taxed enough

My basic take on it is that Buffet is being a [censored] idiot. I will elaborate later, but I'd like to hear others' views.

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I'm sure it's been talked about here, but I don't think there was an official thread. To see what I'm references read this articles and the articles linked inside it:

Buffet Says the Rich aren't being taxed enough

My basic take on it is that Buffet is being a [censored] idiot. I will elaborate later, but I'd like to hear others' views.

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Buffet is rich and doesn't care about his own tax (either way he is still a billionaire). But he pays an ETR of 17% because of dividend and other tax laws.
A moral person speaks up here. And no, he shouldn't just send an extra check cause the problem will only be 500million smaller.

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A moral person speaks up here.

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This makes me want to vomit.

No, it's worse than that. It actually pains me to read that.

Edit: I'm looking forward to hearing his testimony next week, and I hope his answer in no way resembles yours.

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He's right?

Are you a billionaire or something? Concerned about estate taxes? Don't worry, Bush has got your back.

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I think most people would prefer if the rich at least paid the same taxes as the poor and middle class. There are a lot others who would be in favor of higher taxes on the rich than the poor.

I think corporations should pay higher taxes. I also think Warren should pay more taxes than I do. If I save an extra 1% of my salary, it will affect my life much more than if Warren saves.

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I think you need to define "more". This thread is getting the responses I was expecting, and it's sad.

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the rich should not have a lower percentage of their work taxed than the middle or poor.

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CF, I think it would help if you stated your position, rather than just saying that mine is sad. Why is it sad that I want to pay less taxes? Do you want to pay more?

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the rich should not have a lower percentage of their work taxed than the middle or poor.

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Why pls?

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Do you want to pay more?

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Um, no.

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is it sad that I want to pay less taxes?

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There's no mention of lowering any taxes.