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Warren Buffett: I'll match any Republican donation to pay down the federal debt
The Hill [Washington ^ | 1/12/11 | The Hill

Posted on 01/11/2012 5:45:01 PM PST by Nachum

Business mogul Warren Buffet is promising to match any donation Republican members make toward cutting the national deficit. And he upped the ante when it came to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), saying he would match the leader's donations three-to-one. His pledge comes after McConnell said that if Buffett is feeling guilty about not paying more in taxes, he should just send in a check. "With regard to his tax rate, if he’s feeling guilty about it, I think he should send in a check," McConnell said on NBC's "Meet the Press" in September.

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Full title: Warren Buffett: I'll match any Republican donation to pay down the federal debt

No mention in the article if Mr. Buffett will share the proceeds of his sleazy insider deals he made with the Obama administration...

1 posted on 01/11/2012 5:45:12 PM PST by Nachum
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To: Nachum

Why won’t he match any Democrat donation?


2 posted on 01/11/2012 5:48:08 PM PST by RummyChick (It's a Satan Sandwich with Satan Fries on the side - perfect for Obama 666)
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To: Nachum

Hey Buff! How ‘bout matching any ‘RAT donation! Then I’d be impressed.


3 posted on 01/11/2012 5:48:18 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer ("Climate Change" my a.... All weather is local.)
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To: Nachum

Oh please. Just quit lying.


4 posted on 01/11/2012 5:48:39 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: Nachum

“Before asking around for blood donations, stop the bleeding.”


5 posted on 01/11/2012 5:49:09 PM PST by kenavi (1% of the 1% were born in the 1%.)
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6 posted on 01/11/2012 5:51:11 PM PST by Milhous
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To: Nachum

Notice how he didn’t extend the offer to Dems? He knew he didn’t have to because there’s no way in hell any Dem is going to do anything other than raise the deficit.

Guess he didn’t want to draw attention to that.

How did this child get his hands on so much money?


7 posted on 01/11/2012 5:51:28 PM PST by Psycho_Bunny
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To: Nachum

You could donate it all Buffett and it wouldn’t make a dent.


8 posted on 01/11/2012 5:51:30 PM PST by beaversmom
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To: Nachum

How about he just pays the gigabuck-or-so that Berkshire Hathaway owes?


9 posted on 01/11/2012 5:51:57 PM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Nachum

What a coward. He should make a payment, and THEN challenge anyone else to match it. Wuss..


10 posted on 01/11/2012 5:53:57 PM PST by Paradox (The rich SHOULD be paying more taxes, and they WOULD, if they could make more money.)
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To: Nachum

Why doesn’t he just pay the $6 billion he owes in back taxes.


11 posted on 01/11/2012 5:54:08 PM PST by svcw (For the new year: you better toughen up, if you are going to continue to be stupid.)
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To: Nachum

Why doesn’t Mr. Buffett use the $5 billion he made from his insider deal with the US Treasury to buy up stock in Goldman Sachs - when he knew GS was going to be bailed out by first TARP and then QE1 and QE2 only a short time later??


12 posted on 01/11/2012 5:54:08 PM PST by PGR88
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To: Nachum
how bout you pay yer funds back taxes first...
13 posted on 01/11/2012 5:54:22 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Nachum

When someday, if ever I get the chance to retire, I’ll never have enough time to piss on all the graves of the people I have come to hate. Buffett is on the short list. Ted Turner too.


14 posted on 01/11/2012 5:55:52 PM PST by King Moonracer (Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.....)
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To: Psycho_Bunny
How did this child get his hands on so much money?

I believe he made much of it by buying stuff dirt-cheap when the previous owner died and the heirs had to sell to pay the estate taxes.

15 posted on 01/11/2012 5:55:52 PM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: PGR88

Since Buffett likes to donate OPM, I propose a “Warren Buffett bracket”.

Warren Buffett pays 100 percent of all his income. Every year.


16 posted on 01/11/2012 5:55:59 PM PST by BenKenobi
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To: Paradox; All

better yet he should fork over the $1billion in back taxes his companies have owed since 2002 and stop fighting the IRS to get out of his tax bill...

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/how-much-is-buffetts-berkshire-hathaway-back-tax-bill-exactly-about-1-billion/


17 posted on 01/11/2012 5:56:52 PM PST by God luvs America (63.5million pay no federal income tax then vote demoKrat)
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To: Nachum

Isn’t he fighting the IRS right now in a tax dispute regarding his past taxes owed.


18 posted on 01/11/2012 5:57:36 PM PST by opentalk
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Here’s a deal, Warren:

You pay as much in extra taxes as you think you should be paying and I’ll do the same.


19 posted on 01/11/2012 5:58:13 PM PST by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: Nachum

LOL Would that be before or after he pays his back taxes. Just sayin’.


20 posted on 01/11/2012 6:00:17 PM PST by stilloftyhenight
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