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Old 05-17-2018, 07:01 PM
 
Location: Salinas, CA
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Has Warren Buffet or Bill Gates put his money where his mouth is?

Did anybody put a gun on their heads preventing them from paying more taxes??

Warren Buffett is on record saying his receptionist paid a greater percentage of salary in taxes than he did. Head slaps count for zero points in the discussion.
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Old 05-17-2018, 07:04 PM
 
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Warren Buffett is on record saying his receptionist paid a greater percentage of salary in taxes than he did. Head slaps count for zero points in the discussion.
Did he or did he not voluntarily pay more taxes than legally required ?
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Old 05-17-2018, 07:05 PM
 
Location: AZ
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Did he or did he not voluntarily pay more taxes than legally required ?
Who was holding the mythical gun that you love to interject into every argument?
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Old 05-17-2018, 07:07 PM
 
Location: Living rent free in your head
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We don't have royalties in America. CEOs are just employees - they don't exist without the corporations.

Maybe there's no justification for the CEO pay, but it's none of our business. A plumber you hired to fix your toilet has no say the obscene amount of money you choose to give to your children.
It's our business when the companies they run pay their workers so poorly that taxpayers have to subsidize their wages with SNAP, medicaid, and EITC
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Old 05-17-2018, 07:09 PM
 
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It's our business when the companies they run pay their workers so poorly that taxpayers have to subsidize their wages with SNAP, medicaid, and EITC
Simple solution. Stop all the subsidies.
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Old 05-17-2018, 07:10 PM
 
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Who was holding the mythical gun that you love to interject into every argument?
Right back at you.
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Old 05-17-2018, 07:13 PM
 
Location: Living rent free in your head
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Simple solution. Stop all the subsidies.
Walmart and McDonald's wouldn't stand for it
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Old 05-17-2018, 07:16 PM
 
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Walmart and McDonald's wouldn't stand for it
What? Don’t think they care.
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Old 05-17-2018, 07:18 PM
 
Location: AZ
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Right back at you.
That’s....that’s not an answer, yet again. You aren’t here for the political discourse, but merely to push your opinion. Adding you to ignore.
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Old 05-17-2018, 07:23 PM
 
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It’s a legitimate question. If you can stop being racist for a second and answer the question, you will find out the answer to your own question.
Again, if wealthy black athletes are an anathema to you, tell us about it on your own thread.
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