Despite his advanced age, it appears Warren Buffett has never heard the admonition, “Practice what you preach.” And it seems that some of his apologists haven’t, either.
As you may know, Buffett has long been urging the government to seize more money from the rich, with the rationale that they have an obligation to pay more. In response, many traditionalists have told him to put up or shut up: If he truly believes in what he says, there’s nothing stopping him from writing a check to Big Brother as large as his socialism-espousing mouth. And now Buffett has a response:
He will if his critics will.
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lol you fell for Warren Buffett's trap. He wanted you to say that it's only fair that he should match 4000 to 1, because now he can say you finally understand why it was unfair when the rich paid only 15% effective tax rate while the poor paid 30%.
Posted by: Eddie | February 24, 2012 at 01:22 AM