Earlier, I noted that Mr. Buffett’s secretary only makes $60,000 a year—not a bad living, but pretty meager when compared to her boss’ $50 billion net worth.  As the chart above shows, the average CEO secretary makes more than this; indeed, $60,000 would place Buffett’s secretary around the 25th percentile.  And I think we all know that Buffett is not the average CEO—he’s the richest CEO in the United States.   Isn’t there something fundamentally weird about a man who is willing to use his secretary’s economic situation to make a political point without any embarrassment whatsoever about his responsibility for her income?  Again, she’s been his secretary for two decades; she’s been at the company for 38 years.  Instead of crusading for his own taxes to be higher, maybe Buffett could try to pay his employees a little bit more.   Someone should start a petition.
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Earlier, I noted that Mr. Buffett’s secretary only makes $60,000 a year—not a bad living, but pretty meager when compared to her boss’ $50 billion net worth.  As the chart above shows, the average CEO secretary makes more than this; indeed, $60,000 would place Buffett’s secretary around the 25th percentile.  And I think we all know that Buffett is not the average CEO—he’s the richest CEO in the United States.  

Isn’t there something fundamentally weird about a man who is willing to use his secretary’s economic situation to make a political point without any embarrassment whatsoever about his responsibility for her income?  Again, she’s been his secretary for two decades; she’s been at the company for 38 years.  Instead of crusading for his own taxes to be higher, maybe Buffett could try to pay his employees a little bit more.  

Someone should start a petition.

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  1. szechwean reblogged this from drinkthe-koolaid and added:
    It should also be noted that the cost of living in Omaha, Nebraska, is considerably lower than the national average, so...
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  4. disjunctive-sillygism reblogged this from logicallypositive
  5. libertarians-and-stoya reblogged this from jeffmiller and added:
    Fucking this. Seriously. Of course he has no moral obligation to pay more and of course he’s obviously doing something...
  6. shiracoffee reblogged this from jeffmiller and added:
    When you don’t like...messenger. What do you want to bet
  7. mindbabies reblogged this from jeffmiller and added:
    To be fair, the cost of living in Omaha is probably not as crazy as it is in say, California. So 60k out in Nebraska...
  8. sociopoliticaldribble reblogged this from logicallypositive
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  10. jeffmiller reblogged this from apoplecticskeptic and added:
    Perhaps my tongue was not planted clearly enough in my cheek. Do I think Buffett has a moral obligation to pay his...
  11. metalmatt reblogged this from drinkthe-koolaid and added:
    Very well put Mike!
  12. ericmortensen reblogged this from apoplecticskeptic and added:
    Also, I bet the employee stock plan is killer.
  13. 8bitian reblogged this from drinkthe-koolaid
  14. multiplicitiesoffreedom said: Yeah, this is really legitimate criticism because Buffett deals personally with all of his employees’ incomes -he wouldn’t rely on an HR dept. to do that or anything. Plus, this totally discredits all of his ideas about taxation. Good job.
  15. drinkthe-koolaid reblogged this from apoplecticskeptic
  16. apoplecticskeptic reblogged this from jeffmiller and added:
    Libertarian stating that anyone other...ultimately responsible for their own income is too...
  17. barticles reblogged this from jeffmiller and added:
    To quote Bryan Caplan again, “The wealthy...uncharitable socialist ceases
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