Buffett's Doublespeak On Taxes

[Townsend]

Is that what that was?  I thought you farted.

Your vote always counts, Townsend.  It puts you in the process.  Of course Oklahoma will never be a pivotal state in a national election, or at least not in our lifetime.

That too.

Process of what?  So the media can gloss over our state and say, "ha, look, they actually voted."?

[Conan71]

That too.

Process of what?  So the media can gloss over our state and say, "ha, look, they actually voted."?

Dude, knock it off.  I'm on a roll.

[Red Arrow]

Your vote always counts, Townsend.  It puts you in the process.  Of course Oklahoma will never be a pivotal state in a national election, or at least not in our lifetime.

Voting enables the right to complain.

[Townsend]

Dude, knock it off.  I'm on a roll.

I'm trying to reduce the amount of time watching the political stuff on the 24/7 so I can stop being so negative.  It really is depressing.

[AquaMan]

Jews in concentration camps complained. Not a big right on my list.

Must be nice to be from a relevant state.

[Townsend]

Must be nice to be from a relevant state.

No kidding.  At least AZ's governor made a show of his visit.  Our governor would piddle herself and have a narcoleptic fit.

[Conan71]

No kidding.  At least AZ's governor made a show of his visit.  Our governor would piddle herself and have a narcoleptic fit.

Blagojevich had narcissistic fits.

[Townsend]

Shortey would try to feed him dead baby.

[Breadburner]

Shortey would try to feed him dead baby.

That's illegal now....!!!

[Townsend]

That's illegal now....!!!

I don't think he covered individuals.  Just all the corporations putting dead baby in their products.

Strange since Oklahoma is working on building a surplus of dead baby with the new health insurance rules. 

http://tinyurl.com/76e8glc
 

Oklahoma now requires that babies otherwise eligible for coverage in the child-only market remain uninsured. Contributor Sarah Wildman asks why the state has prioritized insurers' demands over the well being of its newborns...

[heironymouspasparagus]

And you want to know why I say Mr. Buffett is disingenuous?

Because you are completely avoiding the fact that he has a fiduciary responsibility to the shareholders to find and use every little nook and cranny of the tax code!  As you know, if he didn't, then he would be held responsible to those same.

There is no moral conflict nor hypocrisy when he uses the tax code the way it has been defined that he is required to use it, and also say that it needs fixin'.  Another point in the "as you already know" category.

[heironymouspasparagus]

Voting enables requires one the right to complain.

Fixed it for you.

[heironymouspasparagus]

Shortey would try to feed him dead baby.

But that is gonna be illegal here...

[nathanm]

It simply shows Buffett as being a useful tool in class warfare.  Obama and his cronies don't really care about raising taxes, they simply want to frame an argument about the evil rich getting all the breaks on the backs of the working poor to retain power.  Buffett being compliant makes him one of the "nice" rich I suppose.

That was awesome, conflating Buffett and Berkshire like that. It makes for a much more difficult argument once someone notices, though.

TBH, I don't know what Obama cares about. I know I care about the fact that the forms of income the super rich are more likely to earn are taxed lower than the forms that everyone else earns.

[Conan71]

That was awesome, conflating Buffett and Berkshire like that. It makes for a much more difficult argument once someone notices, though.

TBH, I don't know what Obama cares about. I know I care about the fact that the forms of income the super rich are more likely to earn are taxed lower than the forms that everyone else earns.

So it's perfectly okay by you if people conflate the issue of Romney and Bain?

How is it conflating when the major and very hands-on stakeholder in one of the largest PEF's advocates for higher taxes on one hand and employing schemes to lower them on another?  I thought the idea is to overcome the massive deficits and debt, unless the whole idea is for people like Buffett to pay more taxes so the underclasses can feel better.