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> It's hard to beat The Golden Rule as a guide to behavior > There's class warfare, all right, but it's my class, the rich class, that's making war, and we're
by Sl1mb0 11mo ago
> It's hard to beat The Golden Rule as a guide to behavior
> There's class warfare, all right, but it's my class, the rich class, that's making war, and we're winning.
Huh.
- divbzero 11mo agoThe second quote is not from the posted letter. It was a quote attributed to Buffett by a New York Times column in 2006. https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/26/business/yourmoney/26every.html https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/26/business/yourmoney/26ever...
- Sl1mb0 11mo agoI'm aware of that. That does not make the second quote any less relevant.
- tim333 11mo agoBuffett has long been a critic of things over favouring the rich. He argued he should pay more tax https://www.theguardian.com/business/2007/oct/31/usnews https://www.theguardian.com/business/2007/oct/31/usnews and almost got a law passed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffett_Rule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffett_Rule