"The 400 of us [here] pay a lower part of our income in taxes than our receptionists do, or our cleaning ladies, for that matter. If you’re in the luckiest 1 per cent of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99 per cent."
Buffett blasts system that lets him pay less tax than secretary - Times Online
Mr Buffett said that he was taxed at 17.7 per cent on the $46 million he made last year, without trying to avoid paying higher taxes, while his secretary, who earned $60,000, was taxed at 30 per cent.
Okay I know it’s 3 years old but I love this quote and it’s totally relevant to the discussion of whether or not to let the Bush tax cuts expire at the end of the year. Yeah, okay, everyone hates taxes, but let’s be fair and responsible.
