[Moonman62]

Interestingly, Buffett's father, Howard Buffett, was a very conservative congressman from Nebraska, sort of the Ron Paul of the 1950s. Warren, however, tends to depict his father as a poor fool who was mislead by the rightwingers.

I always wondered how Warren was so connected to the rich and powerful at such an early age. Most of his wealth came from favors from those connections. Not all of it, and he certainly made the most of it. People should know that most of his wealth doesn't come from shrewd investing, but cleverly avoiding taxes and as I said, those insider connections into government and business.

[Austin Willard Wright]

Actually, I don't think his father was unusually wealthy or had particularly good connections. His father was a principled Ron Paul type unlike his son who is the ultimate "pragmatic" insider.