The Buffett Rule is part of a tax plan proposed by President Barack Obama in  2011. The tax plan would apply a minimum tax rate of 30 percent on individuals  making more than one ... The Buffett Rule is named after American investor  Warren Buffett, who publicly stated in early 2011 that he believed it was wrong  that rich ...
Sep 21, 2011 ... President Barack Obama blurred the distinction in his recent speech on ... Warren  Buffett's secretary shouldn't pay a higher tax rate than ... says we can't change the  tax code to correct that, anyone who has ... Those are opinions, not facts. ... tax  rate would be lower than 28 percent, since not all the income ...
Apr 10, 2012 ... Warren Buffett pays a lower tax rate than his secretary. ... of fairness as a nation --  and that's why the President has proposed the Buffett Rule. ... The wealthiest 1-in -1,000 taxpayers pay barely a quarter of their income in ... The average tax rate  masks the fact that some high-income Americans pay near their ...
Oct 18, 2016 ... She said she would change them as president, a move that has ... "Warren Buffett  is the one who's gone out and said somebody like ... Says Warren Buffett has  publicly said his secretary "should not be ... Urging major tax changes, Buffett has  repeatedly said he pays a lower tax rate than ... Share The Facts.
Jun 27, 2007 ... NEW YORK, June 26 -- Warren E. Buffett was his usual folksy self ... Y.) as he  slammed a system that allows the very rich to pay taxes at a lower rate than the  middle class. ... Buffett said that was despite the fact that he was not trying to  avoid ... changes to the tax code that would decrease take-home pay for ...
Says President Barack Obama has "not proposed one thing that would change" the fact that Warren Buffett pays a lower tax rate than his secretary.