U.S. ranks 25th in life expectancy while we pay the MOST for health care

[brownbrown]

I'm amazed to learn that there are NO rich/wealthy Democrats.

LOL @ any politician actually doing anything [good] for the masses.

There are. But they are the guilty rich people (the ones that feel guilty that they are rich and want to make it batter for others.)
then there are the Rich GOp members. (they feel that they are the only ones that should EVER be rich, and that others should never be rich)
Then there are the ones from both parties that arent neither and want to do whats good for AMERICA.

You can guess who's incharge at the moment.

 

[javaguru]

There are. But they are the guilty rich people (the ones that feel guilty that they are rich and want to make it batter for others.)
then there are the Rich GOp members. (they feel that they are the only ones that should EVER be rich, and that others should never be rich)
Then there are the ones from both parties that arent neither and want to do whats good for AMERICA.

You can guess who's incharge at the moment.

So, has Warren Buffet stopped his lawsuit against the IRS claiming they don't owe corporate taxes?...they have been fighting for the last decade? Is Jamie Diamond and all the other Wall Street Elite that donated to Obama overwhelmingly over McCain clamoring for higher capital gains?

 

[brownbrown]

So, has Warren Buffet stopped his lawsuit against the IRS claiming they don't owe corporate taxes?...they have been fighting for the last decade? Is Jamie Diamond and all the other Wall Street Elite that donated to Obama overwhelmingly over McCain clamoring for higher capital gains?

yes

 

[javaguru]

yes

Nope..Post the settlement announcement between Warren's company and the IRS about their disagreement on how much the country is owed....They have been fighting it for about a decade...

This is from the Huffington Post so I assume you accept it as a valid source..
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Owes Taxes Going Back To 2002

"Berkshire Hathaway, the eighth-largest public company in the world according to Forbes, openly admits to still owing taxes for years 2002 through 2004 and 2005 through 2009, according to the New York Post. The company says it expects to "resolve all adjustments proposed by the US Internal Revenue Service" within the next year. "

 

[mrplunkey]

yes

That's just awesome. You believe exactly what you want to, irregardless of the facts.

 

[brownbrown]

That's just awesome. You believe exactly what you want to, irregardless of the facts.

Looking for an excuse to attack.
Well I didnt catch the question about buffet.
I did catch the part about the donters giving Obama money and him still talking about capitol gains.

It's fine that he's arguing the corporate tax thing for his company. Shit, the IRS makes mistakes all the time. Thats what the court system is for. Settling these types of disputes.
On the other hand, he has been a Philanthropist for more equality. At least he's battling in the court system about it and not just using the Lobby system to legislate cheating.

 

[mrplunkey]

Looking for an excuse to attack.
Well I didnt catch the question about buffet.
I did catch the part about the donters giving Obama money and him still talking about capitol gains.

It's fine that he's arguing the corporate tax thing for his company. Shit, the IRS makes mistakes all the time. Thats what the court system is for. Settling these types of disputes.
On the other hand, he has been a Philanthropist for more equality. At least he's battling in the court system about it and not just using the Lobby system to legislate cheating.

- Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad that Berkshire acquired last year spent $1.5 million on lobbying in the first quarter of 2010

- MidAmerican Energy, which includes Berkshire's utility and pipeline companies, spent $358,450 to lobby Congress between January and March of this year on energy regulations, the federal budget and greenhouse gas, according to a report filed April 20 with the House clerk's office

- NetJets spent $50,000 in this year's first quarter to influence tax rules that the Federal Aviation Administration oversees. The fractional jet ownership firm also spent $110,000 in last year's first quarter and $20,000 in the fourth quarter to influence Congress.

- The McLane Company, which distributes food and other products to convenience stores, reported spending $30,000 in the fourth quarter of 2010 and $10,000 in the first three months of this year

 

[brownbrown]

Looking for an excuse to attack.
Well I didnt catch the question about buffet.
I did catch the part about the donters giving Obama money and him still talking about capitol gains.

It's fine that he's arguing the corporate tax thing for his company. Shit, the IRS makes mistakes all the time. Thats what the court system is for. Settling these types of disputes.
On the other hand, he has been a Philanthropist for more equality. At least he's battling in the court system about it and not just using the Lobby system to legislate cheating.

Too many words for you to understand?

Buffett shared in his piece that he’d paid $6,938,744 in 2010 federal taxes, including income and payroll taxes. “That sounds like a lot of money,” he said. “But what I paid was only 17.4% of my taxable income–and that’s actually a lower percentage than was paid by any of the other 20 people in our office.”
WASHINGTON — Warren Buffett is bringing his fight to raise taxes on the super-wealthy to Congress' deficit-reduction supercommittee.


In an exchange of letters between the billionaire investor and a Republican congressman that Buffett sent the committee this week, Buffett is offering to release his federal tax returns — with a condition.


"If you could get other ultra rich Americans to publish their returns along with mine, that would be very useful to the tax dialogue and intelligent reform," Buffett wrote.


Buffet: The "mega-rich" pay about 15 percent in taxes, while the middle class "fall into the 15 percent and 25 percent income tax brackets, and then are hit with heavy payroll taxes to boot."

source; Tulsaworld :

WASHINGTON — Warren Buffett is bringing his fight to raise taxes on the super-wealthy to Congress' deficit-reduction supercommittee.


In an exchange of letters between the billionaire investor and a Republican congressman that Buffett sent the committee this week, Buffett is offering to release his federal tax returns — with a condition."If you could get other ultra rich Americans to publish their returns along with mine, that would be very useful to the tax dialogue and intelligent reform," Buffett wrote.

 

[mrplunkey]

Too many words for you to understand?

I wouldn't expect you to recognize hypocrisy.

Let good-old Warren drop his massive IRS lawsuit and swear-off tax/subsidy lobbying for his companies, and perhaps he'll get a sliver of credibility regarding his desire to pay more taxes.

Until then, meh.

 

[brownbrown]

I wouldn't expect you to recognize hypocrisy.

Let good-old Warren drop his massive IRS lawsuit and swear-off tax/subsidy lobbying for his companies, and perhaps he'll get a sliver of credibility regarding his desire to pay more taxes.

Until then, meh.

I would see it as hypocrisy if he hasn't actually been acting on behalf of the Country and just "rehtoric" spun like the "GOP" does constantly.

Taking action to stop it, but continuing to use it while it's legal is fine with me. At least he's doing something and not just sucking from the teet of the middle class only.
And the amount of $ he spends on helping Americans is well over the $ he spends on lobbying. FACT