President Obama explains the Buffett Rule
The President makes the case for the Buffett Rule, and calls on Congress to act.
Watch Warren Buffett and his secretary explain their support for the Buffett Rule.
Warren Buffett and his secretary on ABC News
Warren Buffett and his secretary explain their support for the Buffett Rule in an interview with ABC News.
Listen to voices of support for the Buffett Rule
Folks from across the country explain why they’re on board.
Would President Reagan have supported the Buffett Rule?
Even President Reagan agreed it was wrong for a millionaire to pay a lower tax rate than a bus driver.
Last year my federal tax bill — the income tax I paid, as well as payroll taxes paid by me and on my behalf — was $6,938,744. That sounds like a lot of money. But what I paid was only 17.4 percent of my taxable income — and that’s actually a lower percentage than was paid by any of the other 20 people in our office… If you make money with money, as some of my super-rich friends do, your percentage may be a bit lower than mine. But if you earn money from a job, your percentage will surely exceed mine — most likely by a lot.
~ Warren Buffett (Read the full op-ed in The New York Times.)
Warren Buffett: "Stop coddling the super-rich"
Warren Buffett himself makes the case for the Buffett Rule.
President Obama proposes the Buffett Rule
In the 2012 State of the Union, President Obama made his case for the Buffett Rule.