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Monday, 15 August 2011 12:04
Last Updated on Monday, 15 August 2011 12:12
Buffett calls for more taxes on 'mega-rich'
"My friends and I have been coddled long enough by a billionaire-friendly Congress," Buffett wrote. "It's time for our government to get serious about shared sacrifice."
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is calling on the so-called "mega-rich" to pay more in taxes.
Buffett said Monday in a New York Times opinion piece that he would immediately raise rates on households with taxable income of more than $1 million, and he would add an additional increase for those making $10 million or more.
He also recommends that the 12 members of Congress charged with devising a deficit-cutting plan leave rates for 99.7 percent of taxpayers unchanged.
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