Posted on 09/20/2017 12:45:11 AM PDT by No One Special
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Uncertainty about how the United States will cope with growing tumult in the world has not dampened Warren Buffetts optimism for the countrys prospects over the long term -- even 100 years into the future.
Whenever I hear people talk pessimistically about this country, I think theyre out of their mind, Buffett, the chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N), said on Tuesday night.
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It has been 241 years since Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, he said. Being short America has been a losers game. I predict to you it will continue to be a losers game.
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Forbes list of top business minds included people with a variety of backgrounds.
Among them were Microsoft (MSFT.O) co-founder Bill Gates, Amazon.com (AMZN.O) founder Jeff Bezos, Facebooks (FB.O) Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg, Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, architect Frank Gehry, media mogul Oprah Winfrey, and singers Bono and Paul McCartney.
Interesting that the more wealthy and successful they get the more distant they get from the real world. Ie.Liberals
If I had a billion dollars I’d be more optimistic about the future, too. At least my future.
If he were short it is rational that he would publicly talk long.
And when he speaks about the need for higher taxes he is actually seeking personal immunity.
I believe he donated over 1 billion dollars to Planned Parenthood.
Over a billion dollars to the abortion industry.
He bragged about it.
I suspect Mr. Buffet’s soul will be extinguished in the fires of hell.
The Buffet show will be no more.
Buffet will be gone before the country is. But maybe not long before.
Sure would be nice if Buffett would settle his long standing unpaid tax bills with the USA. Could have the new Air Force One done in a month with that outstanding money.
He stopped oil pipeline being built and hundreds of jobs lost and people paying higher prices for oil and gas just so he could ship higher price oil on his train.
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