White House To Chris Christie: Leave Warren Buffet Alone!…
Go away you big meanie, Buffet wants to pay more taxes! More taxes! Can you believe it? Neither can we.*
Via Washington Examiner:
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney defended Warren Buffett from the criticism against the Buffett Rule levelled by Gov. Chris Christie, R-N.J., praising Buffett’s philanthropy and defending his “right” to engage in political advocacy.
“I think Mr. Buffett, who is widely regarded for his success in business as well as in philanthropy, has been quite outspoken, as is his right, on what he believes is an issue of tax fairness,” Carney said during today’s press briefing. “He simply believes, as one of the wealthiest men in the world, that he should not be paying an effective tax rate lower than his secretary.”
Christie said Wednesday that Buffett should “cut a check and shut up” rather than advocate a tax increase for all the wealthy.
Carney dismissed Christie’s comment as a joke. “[T]hat’s a quip that tries to draw attention away from what is a very serious issue, which is the need to have a tax code that’s fair and that helps the American people as they recover from this recession,” he responded when asked if he agrees with Christie’s suggestion. “So, quips aside, we think the Buffett Rule is absolutely an important principle to apply to individual tax reform.”
*What Jay Carney really wanted to say.
Posted by ZIP on Wednesday, February 22, 2012, at 8:49 pm | 
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“I think Mr. Buffett, who is widely regarded for his success in business as well as in philanthropy, has been quite outspoken, as is his right,…”
But the Koch brothers DON’T have that same right?
Right?
@Kurt P
Of course not, they’re eeeeeevil conservatives!
Well, duh, isn’t it Christies right to speak out also?
Carney’s a twit. And Obama’s too scared to even confront the friendly sychophant media.
just like this ?
http://youtu.be/gbC_K8gsx6Y
Buffet is free to pay 100% in taxes if he wants. Since he’s not paying more, I assume he doesn’t think he should be paying more
Warren Buffett needs to either write a check or STFU.
It isn’t drawing attention away from anything, you leftist robot. Can you not answer the question?
If Buffet wants to pay more taxes, why doesn’t he just donate money to the government?
A lot of us don’t want our earnings STOLEN, especially not to fund programs that we don’t agree with.
Buffet may well be the world’s richest TOOL.
Buffet is increasing his fortune by betting on government action.
Making a deal with the people in positions of power is always much easier than trying to anticipate what the free market will do. Buffet obviously conspired with government to make certain things happen.
The partnership was mutually beneficial. Buffet got to fill his pockets, and Liberals got to further their radical agenda.
Nobody is saying Buffett doesn’t have a right to free speech. What he does not have a right to, is this liberal “do as I say, not as I do” nonsense.
Christie was right to call BS on this one.
@V
HAHAHA!
When he was a kid he took a tax deduction for his bicycle because he was working a paper route.
Buffet is a billion dollar tax cheat. 1 BILLION he owes in back taxes. No wonder he’s sucking up to 0bama, it keeps him out of prison.
You miscreants do not understand-MISTER Buffet has rights, MISTER Soros has rights, the evil Koch Brothers, well “everyone knows” they’s against the “folks” that’s just tryin’ to make sure Mooch gets her next trip in.
So the W. H. believes warren Buffet is a sacred cow because he is happily carring their water.
Mr. Buffet is currently disputing a tax bill for 1 billion $$$ He has a low tax bill because he is not needing his money dispersed.
Why not inquire about his 25 million $$ residence in California, just another hypocrite selling himself to obama
Say david5300
Betting since “MISTER” Buffett is a resident of Nebraska, he pays how much in CA taxes?
“Carney dismissed Christie’s comment as a joke.”
Newsflash to Carney… YOU are a JOKE!!!
A tax raise means a heck of a lot less to a billionaire then to someone making 20K per year.
“than” pardon…long day at the salt mines today.
American people to Whitehouse, F_ _ K YOU.
Spurwing Plover to whitehouse GO TAKE A HIKE
Jay IS a Carney…he should be running a dunking machine or selling corn dogs.
Carney: see – Hand Puppet
Buffet: see – Imitation Human
Such crybabies. Waaah, quit picking on our biggest donor, waaaah, he might get upset. Good lawdie, behold, the leaders of our nation.
Hint to Rs, these infantile Ds are brittle, soooo easy to take down, too bad you aren’t up to it.