And Bill Gates is a wimpy, geeky, liberal rich hippie…
And, oh, yes, Oprah Winfrey is…what was it they called her? Something like the harlot of the devil. Soros is a rich communist they say. Clearly all of these people who are wealthy are just traitors to their class and to our country…whoever heard of a rich person wanting to pay more taxes? The idea is just insane, it is ludicrous to think that the middle class and the poor should pay less than they do, in fact, they think they shouldn’t have to pay anything at all.
Earlier last month, multi-billionaire investor Warren Buffett published a powerful op-ed in The New York Times with a simple message: Tax me!
If you haven't already read it, here's an excerpt from Buffett's op-ed:
“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 were spotted owls or some other endangered species. It's nice to have friends in high places.”
Now, tell me Mr. businessman, would it hurt you so much to pay your fair share so that our country can survive? Or do you really don’t give a flying fuck as long as you make a buck?
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