Hey Warren buddy - there’s not one (bleep) thing stopping you from cutting a check for any amount you want payable to the US Treasury if you think you’re not paying enough. Do it already, and STFU.
Exactly, if these billionaires want to pay more all they need to do is write a check.
You mentioned the key point. NOTHING, not a single thing, prevents Warren Buffett or anyone else from paying as much in taxes as they like. It’s easy—they can even donate online:
https://www.pay.gov/paygov/forms/formInstance.html?agencyFormId=23779454
Donate to your heart’s content, Warren!
Warren Buffett can also fund any private charity he wishes. I don’t know what government program he thinks he needs to be taxed more for, but he can probably duplicate most social spending programs with his own, personally funded, private charity. For example, let’s say he thinks government needs to take of welfare moms. With his money, he could easily set up a charity to hand out welfare checks.
I should note that given the amount of excess government spending these days, Warren Buffett’s wealth, $47 billion, is a mere drop in the bucket. His entire life’s work doesn’t amount to much compared to the trillions currently spent.
To be fair, Mr. Buffett apparently thinks his workers are taxed too much. According to one article, he paid only 19% tax on his income while his workers averaged 33%.
Makes me wonder why he pushes this? It can’t be for helping the down trodden middle-class because he would simply lower costs on all things available which he sells from his stores.