“Only in Washington, D.C., is cutting taxes for rich people, saving tax breaks for oil companies and hammering the elderly and sick on Medicare considered courageous.”
“I have a suggestion for Warren Buffett: Instead of paying more taxes, why don’t you take a cut in pay and pay your employees more? Start with the lowest paid; I think that would be advisable since they provide the labor for such a wealthy man.”
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