Couture Cereal, Taxing the Rich & Protests Rattling Republicans

It’s time to pull up a chair in the Anne of Carversville kitchen. Let’s talk tax turkey over some Burberry Flakes or Gucci Fruit Loops, sorta like Warren Buffett would do it.

You probably know that Warren Buffett is the rich guy who believes he should pay more taxes.

The oracle of Omaha is deeply concerned about the demise of America’s middle class. Buffett knows that his companies will struggle in the future, if Americans don’t have the Pillsbury dough to buy his products and services.

Few people want to pay more taxes, but Buffett believes that he has a moral obligation — and a vested interest — to keep America strong, its children educated and our crumbling infrastructure from killing people when they are driving over collapsing bridges.

Let me stay with the taxes. We’ll do roads and bridges another night.

Millionaires Support Warren Buffett’s Tax on the Rich WSJ

Today’s Wall Street Journal — that Republican newspaper that also hates higher taxes — reports on a new survey from Spectrem Group that asked — not people whose mortgages are under water — but millionaires to weigh in on Warren Buffett’s thinking.

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