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Originally Posted by ABoyNamedSue
Speaking of Buffett...
Did he ever scratch that check to make up for the millions he didn't pay in taxes (allegedly) that he should of, or is he still gleefully "beating the system?"
Why didn't the democrats crucify this guy, after admitting that??
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why would the democrats crucify someone for speaking the truth ... that crucifixion for truth telling is best left with the (post Goldwater) republicans.
anyway, Judge Learned Hand said it best:
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"Anyone may arrange his affairs so that his taxes shall be as low as
possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which best pays the
treasury. There is not even a patriotic duty to increase one's taxes.
Over and over again the Courts have said that there is nothing sinister
in so arranging affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everyone
does it, rich and poor alike and all do right, for nobody owes any
public duty to pay more than the law demands."
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so, while Warren Buffett shares his financial wisedom with a nation which refuses to listen to it, he has no obligation to act against his self interest (which dumb behavior is yet another post-Goldwater republican trait)