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Aug 16, 2011 at 12:49 pm

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Billionaire Warren Buffett Calls For More Taxes On The Rich

Billionaire Warren Buffett Calls For More Taxes On The Rich

Billionaire super-investor Warren Buffett called for more taxes on the rich in an editorial written for the NYTimes.

The Chairman and Chief Executive of Berkshire Hathaway, Buffett, revealed his own tax rate in the piece — the amount of income that he pays —and how it is far below his co-workers, thanks to how investment income is taxed at lower rates.

Here’s an excerpt from the piece:

While the poor and middle class

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Aug 15, 2011 at 8:51 pm

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Warren Buffett: Stop Coddling The Super-Rich

Warren Buffett: Stop Coddling The Super-Rich

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.

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Feb 27, 2011 at 7:20 am

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Billionaire Warren Buffett Upbeat Over US Future

Billionaire Warren Buffett Upbeat Over US Future

The billionaire investor, Warren Buffett, has urged Americans to ignore “prophets of doom”, and believe that the country’s “best days lie ahead”.

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Sep 23, 2010 at 4:45 pm

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Jay-Z Will Be A Billionaire By 2015 Says Forbes Magazine

Jay-Z Will Be A Billionaire By 2015 Says Forbes Magazine

For the upcoming issue of Forbes magazine, Jay-Z and Warren Buffett sat down to lunch with Steve Forbes to talk money – and philanthropy.

Jay-Z met up with Forbes‘ billionaire founder and CEO/Editor-in-Chief Steve Forbes and fellow billionaire investor Warren Buffett to discuss his success.
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Mar 10, 2010 at 9:28 pm

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Bill Gates No Longer World’s Richest Person, Says Forbes Magazine

Bill Gates No Longer World’s Richest Person, Says Forbes Magazine

Forbes magazine released its annual list of the world’s richest people Wednesday, and for only the second time since 1995, Microsoft founder Bill Gates’ name was not at the top.

This year, the title of “World’s Richest” went to Mexican telecom mogul Carlos Slim, with a net worth of $53.5 billion.

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Feb 28, 2010 at 7:32 am

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Warren Buffett Rails Against Big Bank Executives

Warren Buffett Rails Against Big Bank Executives

Warren Buffett has an elegant solution for the thorny problem of too-big-to-fail banks: Put the bankers’ bank accounts on the line.

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