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Warren Buffett to headline Obama campaign event (Hey Buffett, pay the taxes you already owe)
msnbc ^ | 9/22/2011 | reuters

Posted on 09/22/2011 3:49:10 AM PDT by tobyhill

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett will help raise money for President Barack Obama's re-election effort at a $35,800-a-ticket fundraiser next month in Chicago, an Obama campaign official said on Wednesday.

Buffett will attend the October 27 event at a private home on Chicago's North Shore that is expected to include major donors to Obama's 2008 presidential run. The Democratic president, who is not expected to attend, is running for re-election in 2012.

Buffett, the legendary chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., has landed in the center of a growing political battle over Obama's proposal to raise taxes on the wealthy by inspiring the so-called Buffett Rule.

Buffett wrote a column last month saying rich people like him often pay less in taxes than those who work for them because of loopholes in the tax code, and can afford to pay more.

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: buffett; buffettrule; warrenbuffett

1 posted on 09/22/2011 3:49:13 AM PDT by tobyhill
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To: tobyhill
Have said it before "The Oracle of Omaha" has become "The Orifice of Obama".

Obama should get Immelt out there as well to lecture us...another Obama-loving clown who, like him, doesn't care a whit abut this country.

2 posted on 09/22/2011 4:01:03 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: tobyhill

The hypocrisy 0bama surrounds himself with is staggering.

Yet it does not compare to the stupidity of his own base. What they rail against is there in front of them leading the charge?


3 posted on 09/22/2011 4:06:05 AM PDT by EBH (God Humbles Nations, Leaders, and Peoples before He uses them for His Purpose)
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To: tobyhill

TAX CHEAT Warren Buffet is the Tawana Brawley of Class Warfare.


4 posted on 09/22/2011 4:44:39 AM PDT by Ann Archy ( ABORTION...the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: tobyhill

TAX CHEAT Warren Buffet is the Tawana Brawley of Class Warfare.


5 posted on 09/22/2011 4:45:16 AM PDT by Ann Archy ( ABORTION...the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: tobyhill
Yeah, I can just see it now.

Buffet takes the microphone and stands up. "I'd like to thank President Obama for inviting me to this dinner..."

Obama snatches the microphone from him - "What do you mean 'To dinner'? People, lift your forks, it's dinner time!!!"

6 posted on 09/22/2011 4:45:38 AM PDT by Caipirabob ( Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: tobyhill

Shouldn’t there be a Learjet Lib tax, say 90% of everything they have?

Pray for America


7 posted on 09/22/2011 5:14:58 AM PDT by bray (Palin is hated by the establishment of both Parties. Winner!)
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To: tobyhill
Why don't one of our talking head conservatives just make the very SIMPLE and OBVIOUS (and very repetitive...nationally televised) point that Buffett, Matt Damon and Obama (Et al) are FREE to pay a LOT more in taxes if they feel they are not paying their fair share.

All they have to do is take the STANDARD deductions instead of the ridiculous reductions that only cheapskates try to take...like Kerry did when he claimed underwear donation to Good-Will.

That's all ANYONE has to do who feels they are under-paying. Don't take itemized deductions and you will pay a LOT more than your secretary.

Why can't someone just make that point loud and often...

8 posted on 09/22/2011 5:24:01 AM PDT by NELSON111
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To: bray

...and doesn’t the Buffet group own a jet hire company....?


9 posted on 09/22/2011 5:38:46 AM PDT by spokeshave (Obama's ratings are so low...Kenyans accuse him of being born in the USA,)
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To: spokeshave
Yeah...two in aerospace....

FlightSafety

and

NetJets®

10 posted on 09/22/2011 5:43:25 AM PDT by spokeshave (Obama's ratings are so low...Kenyans accuse him of being born in the USA,)
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To: tobyhill

Of course Buffett likes this new tax proposal. It doesn’t affect him one bit since he makes his money through capital gains. What a &%$#@!


11 posted on 09/22/2011 7:47:40 AM PDT by New Jersey Realist (Congress doesn't care a damn about "we the people")
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To: New Jersey Realist

This is just part of a quid-pro-quo.
Buffet owes a Billion dollars in taxes.
Nobama wants Buffet to sale his class warfare scam.

Watch and see if Buffet’s Billion dollar tax problem is settled on the sly for an undisclosed amount.

Its a big payday for a speaking engagement.


12 posted on 09/22/2011 8:46:57 AM PDT by CoastWatcher
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