Do you think Warren Buffet denouncing the income gap is just a bit disingenuous?
Warren Buffet wants to know why HE, the third richest man in the world, is taxed at 17%, but I am taxed at 20% and I am BARELY above the poverty level. He wants a hard answer why the poor and middle class are taxed more heavily than the richest people on the planet. Believe me, he has a point. So, why is our government sparing the millions and billions of dollars that makeup the paychecks of America’s wealthiest, and are making it up through heavier taxes on the middle and lower classes? Buffet and I want to know. But you don’t hear that from OTHER millionaires and billionaires! Dick Cheney would still be multi-millionaire if he were taxed at 55%,.. but he isn’t questioning the fact he pays a smaller percentage toward taxes than a teacher in Illinois does. You don’t hear The Hiltons telling America that they care whether they pay less taxes than the women they hire to clean the rooms, or McDonald’s CEO saying that millionaires should be taxed a heavier percentage than the 17 yr old pre
