Buffett: Tax The Rich
NEW YORK (
) --
, the second-wealthiest man in America, wants to pay more taxes.
Warren Buffett |
"People at the high end -- people like myself -- should be paying a lot more in taxes. We have it better than we've ever had it," Buffett told
ABC News
in an interview scheduled to air Nov. 28, according to
Bloomberg
.
Buffett is Chairman and CEO of Omaha, Neb.-based
Berkshire Hathaway
( BRK-B) a conglomerate that includes publicly-traded companies like
Wells Fargo
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, among its vast holdings.
"If anything, taxes for the lower and middle class and maybe even the upper middle class should even probably be cut further," Buffett said in the interview.
. The highest tax bracket, defined today as people earning more than about $375, 000, hasn't exceeded $400,000 since 1942.
Buffett is the second richest man in America, according to
Forbes
, which puts his wealth at $45 billion.
Tax cuts enacted during the George W. Bush presidency, which benefit earners in five different income brackets, are set to expire at the end of the year unless Congress acts.
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Written by Dan Freed in New York
.
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