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11-28-2006, 12:54 PM
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sick of bluefish
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I agree slapshot, we should not be taxed on what we can afford to pay.
The "upper" class of today is not old money, but people that work 80+ hours a week.
How many vacation days do you think Bill Gates takes? I'd bet none, I am certain that he spends 12+ hours a day on Msoft business.
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11-28-2006, 01:07 PM
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The line "what they can afford to pay" is the author's "creative writing" and not a quote from Stein or Mr. Berkshire Hathaway.
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bluefish Jihadist
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11-28-2006, 01:40 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by slapshot
The line "what they can afford to pay" is the author's "creative writing" and not a quote from Stein or Mr. Berkshire Hathaway.
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ATTENTION - ATTENTION - ATTENTION
"Ben Stein" is the author writing about Warren Buffett! 
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11-28-2006, 02:59 PM
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You caught me, I wasn't paying attention to a NYT article. Not sure I'd wipe my rear with that rag anyway.
More to the point, I find it hard to believe that Buffet would be willing to pay "what he can afford".
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bluefish Jihadist
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11-28-2006, 03:14 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by slapshot
More to the point, I find it hard to believe that Buffet would be willing to pay "what he can afford".
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So he's just telling a lie so Stein can write a nice story?
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It turned out that Mr. Buffett, with immense income from dividends and capital gains, paid far, far less as a fraction of his income than the secretaries or the clerks or anyone else in his office. Further, in conversation it came up that Mr. Buffett doesn’t use any tax planning at all. He just pays as the Internal Revenue Code requires. “How can this be fair?” he asked of how little he pays relative to his employees. “How can this be right?”
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11-29-2006, 11:15 AM
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Super Moderator
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Beuller, Beuller.......Beuller
(OK You knew Somebody was going to do that)
Last edited by The Dad Fisherman; 11-29-2006 at 11:30 AM..
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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11-29-2006, 11:44 AM
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sick of bluefish
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Win Ben Stein's Money was a hilarious show, it had Jimmy Kimmel.
I miss it.
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11-29-2006, 12:00 PM
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Retired Surfer
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I think I am going to look into his educational background and see where his financial prowess comes from.
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Swimmer a.k.a. YO YO MA
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11-29-2006, 12:10 PM
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Retired Surfer
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Ben Stein
Grad. Columbia 1966 BA economics
Yale Law School 1970
A trial lawyer in the trade regulations and worked as a poverty lawyer, which I sure if Richard Nixon knew that never would have hired him as a speech writer.
His bio goes on and on..........
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Swimmer a.k.a. YO YO MA
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11-29-2006, 04:17 PM
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Columbia, Yale Law?
He was probably only there on a lacrosse scholarship 
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