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Liberal Billionaire Warren Buffett in ‘Sympathy’ with Sanders, But Would ‘Vote’ for Bloomberg
NewsBusters ^ | 2/24/2020 | Joseph Vazquez

Posted on 02/24/2020 12:55:53 PM PST by JV3MRC

Liberal billionaire Warren Buffett, who’s been fairly quiet this election cycle, took to CNBC to weigh in on the Democratic primary races. Buffett said during an interview on CNBC’s Squawk Box that “I’m very much in sympathy with the fact that Senator Sanders believes that a lot of people are getting left behind and through no fault of their own.” Buffett continued: “[T]here’s all kinds of aspects of capitalism that need, in some ways, to be regulated. But I don’t believe in giving up the capitalist system.” [Emphasis added.] However, Buffett stated that he would have “no trouble” voting for fellow liberal billionaire Michael Bloomberg.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: blogpimp; bloomberg; buffett; sanders; trump
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1 posted on 02/24/2020 12:55:53 PM PST by JV3MRC
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To: JV3MRC

The old fool.


2 posted on 02/24/2020 12:57:07 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: JV3MRC

Birds of a feather stick together.


3 posted on 02/24/2020 12:59:34 PM PST by DOC44
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To: DesertRhino

But a rich old fool. And he never, ever writes an extra check to the US Treasury, despite his insistence that “rich people don’t pay enough taxes.”


4 posted on 02/24/2020 12:59:54 PM PST by abb
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To: JV3MRC

Not surprising that Buffett favors his fellow liberal billionaire over the “poorer” socialist multi-millionaire


5 posted on 02/24/2020 1:00:27 PM PST by glennaro
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To: glennaro

To be fair, bloomberg isn’t NEARLY the marxisst that sanders is.

His past comments lay bare what he is

And I may like a bunch of the comments, but he’s a gun grabbing nanny state dictator wanna be.

So screw him


6 posted on 02/24/2020 1:02:09 PM PST by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point finger at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to makne ends meet)
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To: DOC44

I was thinking that all these libtards are all circling the wagons. The larger issue will be the DNC convention. I have a bad feeling that will get violent there. Bernie and his brown shirts will now have to deal with the DNC political elites and the media. I don’t think it will end well.


7 posted on 02/24/2020 1:02:17 PM PST by Nuke From Orbit
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To: JV3MRC

I’m not surprised that he prefers Bloomberg to Sanders. The real question is does he prefer Sanders to Trump?


8 posted on 02/24/2020 1:03:37 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: DesertRhino

> The old fool. <

Maybe not. Buffett knows what happens to famous people who come out as conservatives. They get criticized and marginalized.

So I perfect to think of folks like Buffett as a combination of hypocrite and coward.


9 posted on 02/24/2020 1:04:09 PM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: JV3MRC

Of course because he understands how Democrat Fascists work. The rules are for us “little people” not the “woke” elite

Read Animal Farm. The US Left sees it as a training manual


10 posted on 02/24/2020 1:04:09 PM PST by MNJohnnie (They would have abandon leftism to achieve sanity. Freeper Olog-hai)
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To: glennaro

So if Bernie is the nominee what then? He’s going to vote for the Socialist over the President who gave us the best economy in History?


11 posted on 02/24/2020 1:04:26 PM PST by gibsonguy
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To: gibsonguy

https://www.mrc.org/articles/warren-buffett-billion-dollar-king-abortion

The Obliterator of Omaha!


12 posted on 02/24/2020 1:10:46 PM PST by KierkegaardMAN (This is the sort of stuff up with which I shall not put!)
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To: Leaning Right

He’s a buffoon. He mistakes being good in the stock market with expertise for setting public policy. And he’s dirty, all of this opposition to the pipeline from Canada has been inspired by him. He was given oil trains in exchange for ending his coal trains. He may have been a good investor at one point, but it now he’s simply another crony capitalists socialist


13 posted on 02/24/2020 1:12:33 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: Pearls Before Swine
Sanders would need 60+ Senators aligned with his ideology as well as a Speaker of the House (Pelosi has money men above her with "knives"/amunition across her children's and grandkid's throats).

Buffet is not sweating at all because he is protected by tons of legal protections that will not change anytime soon. Also, Buffet's would fear a straight flat tax passing first than anything Sander's is conjuring for passage. Both have a snow ball's chance in hell with the current electorate (As a whole, not just the Presidency).
14 posted on 02/24/2020 1:13:17 PM PST by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians)
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To: JV3MRC

Get to the Primaries Warren.
Bloomberg will be gone after super Tuesday.


15 posted on 02/24/2020 1:15:09 PM PST by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: DesertRhino

Buffet isn’t a buffoon, he is an evil man who got rich off of other families’ (A lot has to do with the ESTATE TAX) misery.


16 posted on 02/24/2020 1:17:13 PM PST by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians)
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To: dp0622

Yes he is.
Even Sanders doesn’t go so far as to attempt to dictate what people are allowed to eat at a restaurant.

Bloomberg already went there. And he honestly believes that even as a Mayor his authority extends that far.

After all, the citizens can’t decide that sort of thing for themselves.


17 posted on 02/24/2020 1:19:19 PM PST by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: JV3MRC

Buffett has his...So to hell with those climbing the ladder behind him. All he cares about now, like so many elderly asset allocators, is being remembered for his generosity. He’s not in the same class with the likes of Edison, Ford, Gates, Jobs and the other innovators.


18 posted on 02/24/2020 1:20:25 PM PST by PerConPat ( A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground..Mencken)
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To: JV3MRC

Buffet is a rainman. He is good at picking stocks and little else. He is not an economist and he knows little about running an economy. Warren, just because you’re good at the blackjack tables doesn’t mean you can run the casino. Don’t get a big head, dummy.


19 posted on 02/24/2020 1:20:40 PM PST by chuckee
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To: MrEdd

No sanders will just go as far as to let you die waiting for an MRI or get no treatment if you’re too old :)

Or rape your family literally and likely figuratively if you are wealthy :)

and send gas prices up to 8 dollars a gallon :)

Sorry man, gotta disagree with you on this one

But they both suck


20 posted on 02/24/2020 1:22:35 PM PST by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point finger at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to makne ends meet)
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