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'Disappointing' turnout at Warren Buffett-headlined Obama fund-raiser
New York Post ^ | October 1, 2011 | GEOFF EARLE and CARL CAMPANILE

Posted on 10/02/2011 4:33:08 PM PDT by PJ-Comix

Tycoon Warren Buffett, headliner of last night’s fund-raiser for President Obama at the Four Seasons, reiterated his advice for a tax on “ultra-rich people who are paying very low tax rates.”

But the message appeared to have limited appeal to donors expected to pay $10,000 a plate; the turnout was “disappointing,” according to one guest.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: barackobama; taxes; warrenbuffett
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To: dsc

Buffet supports the Bamtard?

I begrudge every second I spent paying attention to anything he had to say.

BUFFET OWNS THE BAMTARD...


21 posted on 10/02/2011 5:04:32 PM PDT by Helotes
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To: PJ-Comix
Earth to Buffet: Warren, you can pay the government as many of your dollars as you want until either the money runs out or the check bounces (according to zero{the libtard-in-chief}, that's the American way).

Earth to the Indo-Kenyan Usurper: Soetoro, when you redistribute the wealth start first with Buffet's (trust me, he really, really wants you to).

22 posted on 10/02/2011 5:11:25 PM PDT by immadashell
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To: PJ-Comix

Didn’t he just have a fund raiser with Hollywood dimwits and other low-lifes for $35,800 a plate? What happened?


23 posted on 10/02/2011 5:16:26 PM PDT by lewislynn ( What does the global warming movement and the Fairtax movement have in commom? Misinformation)
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To: PJ-Comix

I guess the rabble-rousing, Marxist muckrakers who are marching on Wall Street and elsewhere, whoring for their pimp Obama, can’t afford to go to his dinners. That’s the problem with loading up a constituency with half-witted malcontents and union thugs.


24 posted on 10/02/2011 5:17:42 PM PDT by pallis
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To: PJ-Comix

“Disappointing”?

I’m stunned anyone showed up...


25 posted on 10/02/2011 5:19:18 PM PDT by GOPJ (Bibi would go toe to toe with the devil if it was the only way to save his beloved Israel.)
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To: PJ-Comix

Hey, Warren, I don’t care if you pay your share of taxes, but please pay what you owe! Then preach!


26 posted on 10/02/2011 5:28:42 PM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (I miss President Bush greatly! Palin in 2012! 2012 - The End Of An Error! (Oathkeeper))
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To: GOPJ

WTFFFF?

27 posted on 10/02/2011 5:29:22 PM PDT by Leo Carpathian (fffffFRrrreeeeepppeeee-ssed!)
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To: Helotes

Buffett and SOROS own the BAMTARD!!!! Senile FOOLS.....HYPOCRITE, Senile FOOLS.


28 posted on 10/02/2011 5:34:44 PM PDT by Ann Archy ( ABORTION...the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: PJ-Comix

The “nonsense on stilts” of Billionaire Buffett’s proposal seems to have had the effect of curing a number of cases of “rich liberal guilt”, one of the more devastating psychological abnormalities of our time.

Somehow I don’t think the tepid response was because the $10,000 wasn’t tax-deductible.

Buffett should disclose publicly that higher tax rates are vital in helping his companies sell more life insurance and annuity products .... lower rates cost his companies business.


29 posted on 10/02/2011 5:50:04 PM PDT by Mobties (Let the markets work! Reduce the government's footprint!)
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To: NoGrayZone

I’m sure he pays his army of CPA’s for a reason - to LOWER his taxes.


30 posted on 10/02/2011 6:39:34 PM PDT by GOPJ (Bibi would go toe to toe with the devil if it was the only way to save his beloved Israel.)
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To: PJ-Comix
But the message appeared to have limited appeal to donors expected to pay $10,000 a plate; the turnout was “disappointing,” according to one guest.

This sentence just warms my heart ..... :-)

31 posted on 10/02/2011 6:41:29 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: PJ-Comix

Do any of Buffet’s companies owe the IRS any money and if so, how much?


32 posted on 10/02/2011 6:46:35 PM PDT by Stayfree (Find out the truth at RewardForObamasBirthCertificate.com!)
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To: PJ-Comix

What really happened. Recovering mental deficient Zero supporters unexpectedly didn’t show up for a dinner at a miserly $10,000 per plate. Moo had picked the menu for the dinner, but had ordered out for herself and Zero. Those non-recovering mental deficients who did attend were served their peas and told to eat them or else Rahm would send some of the SEIU people to break their legs and cram the peas down your throat.


33 posted on 10/02/2011 6:48:38 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (There's a pill for just about everything ... except stupid!)
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To: GOPJ
I'm stunned anyone showed up

Doesn't appear there is a number given...they mention "one guest". Perhaps that's all that showed, lol.

I think Warren is finding out the meaning of "social pariah" firsthand

34 posted on 10/02/2011 6:54:09 PM PDT by Mygirlsmom (Am I too old to ask for emancipation from the "Federal Family"?? Sarah Palin)
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To: PJ-Comix

I think Warren Buffet should put his money where his mouth is and voluntarily give a large amount to the US Treasury. He can tax himself unless he is a hypocrite.


35 posted on 10/02/2011 7:08:35 PM PDT by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began,)
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To: Stayfree; EGPWS

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway owes $1 billion in back taxes

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2772735/posts


36 posted on 10/02/2011 7:10:12 PM PDT by rawhide
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To: PJ-Comix

Hey Warren,
Write checks for the entire amount of all your various banking accounts; liquidate all your assets. Send all the cash and checks to the US Treasury in D.C. They’ll take your money every day of the week. Until you do that, shut your pie hole.


37 posted on 10/02/2011 7:21:49 PM PDT by Hammer Tym (Skateboarding is a crime)
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To: rawhide

If I recall correctly, this is only up to the year 2004. They expect to audit the years following, so it could increase.


38 posted on 10/02/2011 7:30:40 PM PDT by I_be_tc
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To: Leo Carpathian

Odingo?


39 posted on 10/02/2011 7:33:14 PM PDT by matthew fuller (Compromise on the Holocaust would have killed three million Jews.)
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