| killerzX said: the thing is, republicans dont think the goverment needs more money, they dont want to raise taxes. Warren Buffet does, so his little childish wager is completely nonsensicle. i if warren bufffet wants higher taxes, he should pay it, instead he actually had millions in unpaid taxes to the IRS, which he has paid his lawyers and accountants to help him not pay. this is the constant hypocrasy of the left, they speak big and talk big, but when it comes to themselves, it doesnt apply. do as I say, not as I do. |
1. One republican has extra paid money to the IRS, about $49,000 over the last two years. Warren Buffet has matched it, as he promised. Given all the talk by the Republicans about the problem with high debt, you would think they'd all happily show that they're devoted to cutting it.
2. Warren Buffett extended the promise to Democrats in congress, too - he'll match money given by Democrats, too.
3. You want to claim that he has millions in unpaid taxes to the IRS? Source, please. And no, Buffett's NetJets company's tax situation is not valid, as that's a case of contested tax currently going to court (because NetJets decided to sue the government, and the government then countersued), not unpaid tax.
4. Buffett has no problem with playing the same game that everyone else does. He just wants the rules changed to remove the loopholes. While the loopholes are still there, he would be insane not to use at least some of them. If all rich liberals gave massive amounts of money to government, and all rich conservatives didn't, then those rich conservatives would have a lot more money to throw at media, etc, to get conservative governments elected. And that's the real motivation for arguments of "how about rich conservatives pay less tax, and rich liberals pay more tax" with no further impacts beyond that.
