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January 12th, 2012

The billionaire vs. free-riding multimillionaires

by Kelly Kleiman

Category: charity, Income distribution, Lying in politics, Microeconomics and policy analysis, NonProfits, Republican Party, Taxation, The Dysfunctional Senate, Watching Conservatives

Love this account of a pissing match between Warren Buffett and Mitch McConnell. The Senator from Kentucky has been urging the Sage of Omaha to make voluntary contributions to the Treasury if he felt he was undertaxed. Buffett has now responded that he’ll match any such contributions made by Republican Senators. This dialogue makes in [...]

Posted: Thursday, January 12th, 2012 at 11:25 am
Tags: charity, Mitch McConnell, philanthropy, taxation, Warren Buffett
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August 3rd, 2011