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Warren Buffett Stands Tall — Applauding Government Intervention

Music to Mr. Obama’s ear from the man who endorsed him.

Warren Buffett had a near-death experience two years ago. The so-called Sage of Omaha was stricken with dizziness and severe chest pains — brought on, in his words, by a metabolic disturbance of such “destructive force” as to be “unlike any seen for generations.” Writing in the cutesy style for which he is famous, Buffett describes his brush with death in a “letter” printed in the op-ed page of the New York Times (16 Nov 2010). He credits a favorite uncle — name of Sam — with being willing to “stretch legal boundaries” and take other heroic actions that were needed to save him and, as it happens, the rest of the country.

“Dear Uncle Sam,” he smarmily begins. “My mother told me to send thank-you notes promptly. I’ve been remiss.” Coming to the end of this missive, he signs off as “Your grateful nephew, Warren.”

Not too long ago — in the run-up to the November 2 elections — President Barack Obama was out giving speeches claiming credit for saving the country from a fate worse than the 1930s Depression. Though Buffett doesn’t specifically mention Obama by name in his letter (and, in fact, gives some credit to George W. Bush’s actions in the waning days of his presidency), he lavishes praise on key members of Obama’s team and he repeats the well-worn Obamanomic argument that we ought to be glad that unemployment is “only” about 10% — rather than 15, 20 or 25%.

In other words, we should be glad for the “new normal” of what seems to be a permanently enfeebled economy. In the world according Buffett, who is widely supposed to be wiser than Solomon as well as richer than Croesus, the nation was saved from financial and economic ruin by the wizardry of Tim Geithner, Ben Bernanke and Hank Paulson … and their bosses in the White House. Weren’t these some of the same people who created the crisis? And isn’t the banking system still clogged with toxic assets? Never mind. This is just one man’s opinion. Buffett offers it up like a school boy bringing a well-polished apple to the teacher:

Just over two years ago, in September 2008, our country faced an economic meltdown. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the pillars that supported our mortgage system, had been forced into conservatorship. Several of our largest commercial banks were teetering. One of Wall Street’s giant investment banks had gone bankrupt, and the remaining three were poised to follow. A.I.G., the world’s most famous insurer, was at death’s door.

… All of corporate America’s dominoes were lined up, ready to topple at lightning speed. My own company, Berkshire Hathaway, might have been the last to fall, but that distinction provided little solace.

That last little bit of humor is pure Warren, if I may say so — managing to be both self-deprecating and self-glorifying. One can picture him reprising the part of General George Custer — heroically cast as the last capitalist to fall in the collapse of the American economy.

But here we have a replay of Little Bighorn with a feel-good ending. Unlike Custer, Buffett escapes with his scalp because the government “grasped the gravity of the situation and acted with courage and dispatch.”

“Well, Uncle Sam, you delivered,” says Buffett in penning his appreciation for the bail-out of the banking system. “People will second-guess your specific decisions; you can always count on that. But just as there is a fog of war, there is a fog of panic — and, overall, your actions were remarkably effective.”

Yeah, it’s hard for most of us poor mortals to think clearly when we are lost in the “fog of panic.” Come to think of it, that’s the exact same point that Obama was making just days before the Nov. 2 election. He said: “Part of the reason that our politics seems to be so tough right now, and facts and science and argument does [sic] not seem to be winning the day all the time, is because we’re hard-wired not to always think clearly when we’re scared. And the country is scared, and they [sic] have good reason to be.”

The American people, if you catch the drift, are out-and-out wrong if they think they were rejecting the president’s policies when they went to the polls on Nov. 2. No, they were just confused and scared — or temporarily insane. Instead of “second-guessing” Uncle Sam, or Team Obama, they should be listening to “facts and science” and thinking about all those imaginary jobs that have been “created or saved.” If Buffett is right and you still have job, you can thank your lucky stars for government intervention.

Of course, Buffett is one of the sages from the business world who endorsed Barack Obama back when he was running for president. Further, in line with his elitist and interventionist impulses, he is also one of the sages from the business world who supports the president in calling for higher taxes on the “rich” — which is ridiculously defined to include people with barely enough income (starting at $200,000) to support even a single child in college at the going cost of most private and many state universities (around fifty thousand dollars a year).

Buffett is not the only billionaire begging for more taxes. There are plenty of others in Silicon Valley and in Hollywood and on Wall Street — people who have made their fortunes and who jet about the world in private aircraft while worrying about reducing mankind’s carbon footprint.

Bill Gates, who happens to be Buffett’s best friend, is one of the super-rich who yearn for higher taxes. His father spearheaded the 1098 Initiative which was on the ballot in Washington State on Nov. 2. Washington is one of just seven states without a personal income tax. With heavy support from the teachers union and the Service Employees International Union, 1098 would have enacted a state income tax on top earners to raise money for schools.

Business owners and executives — including Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer — fought back against the job-killing measure. Voters rejected the initiative by a thumping 65-to-35 margin.

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Andrew B. Wilson, a frequent contributor to The American Spectator, writes from St. Louis.

Letter to the Editor View all comments (53) |

alan r| 11.22.10 @ 6:41AM

There is nothing new about creepy crony capitalists falling in love with big government. They love the way it crushes the life out of the creative destruction of real free market capitalism - the kind of creative destruction that could disrupt the business life of a fat old billionaire, and threatens to replace him with a new billionaire.

Barak Obama, like Franklin Roosevelt before him, like Woodrow Wilson before him, used big bully government to crush small business and free markets, while letting the big boys write their own regulations and receive government favors, in exchange for political money and support.

It proves once again that facism is not the opposite of socialism/communism. Facism (i.e. state capitalism, enforced by ever-bigger bullying government) is the inevitable result of socialism. But doesn't an old college Marxist like Obama hate business? Not when business is helping him concentrate absolute, lawless, anti-democratic power in the hands of the ruling class.

Ryan| 11.22.10 @ 8:27AM

"Corporatism" is far better a word to use here than "crony capitalism." Capitalism means free markets. Corporatism is closer the fascism.

Stormzeye| 11.22.10 @ 9:21AM

Hitler needed Alfred Krupp, Albert Speer and the other major industrialists of post-Versailles Germany to visit his nightmares upon the world and they were all too happy to oblige. How, in the post-industrial world are Buffet, Gates, Speilberg, Winfry and Imelt any different.

mark| 11.23.10 @ 9:33PM

Buffett may be feeling some guilt for contributing, perhaps unknowingly, to the meltdown. One of the big three rating agencies that he owns a good piece of, made big $$$ out of rating junk as AAA. Now he wants to give away more of his money. He can send some to me; I'm currently not working.

sky | 11.23.10 @ 10:08PM

sure fix for the economy forgive the national debt.that is not .china doesnt own us its the fed and endless pit .rothschilds=goldman sachs=soros=obama.sell buffet stock.This is the only reason for the worlds problems,and the goverment elitist.

Popsy| 11.22.10 @ 6:53AM

I have a suggestion. Instead of raising income taxes on "the wealthy", why not institute a wealth tax on assets. I'm sure Buffett, Gates, Kerry et al wouldn't mind contributing say 20% of their accumulated wealth to help lower the deficit. After all, at some point I think you have amassed enough.

Dan Hirsch| 11.22.10 @ 8:39AM

Who are you that you think that you have the right to decide when someone else has enough? What the hell business is it of yours what I manage to earn? If you think you have the right to determine when someone else has "enough," then that person should have the right to decide when you have 'enough,' too. Only where your immature, selfish point of view takes us is when you decide they have too much money, they'll decide you have too much freedom, food, or air!!

Read the Constitution - we live under a set of rules that preclude the government from taking what it wants except in exceptional circumstances - mostly war, of the shooting variety. It is a shame that we have forgotten that - and your addled thinking that you get to determine the outcome of someone else's life (Who made you the boss of me?) is the bountiful crop we are reaping because of it.

IT'S MY LIFE, MY LIBERTY, MY PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. Keep out of mine, and I'll keep out of yours. That's the plan - not 'what do you have - ooh that's a lot gimme some of yours!'

Are you an ignorant Marxist? Listen to yourself and think about it, Popsy!

Nolite me conculcare!

Mel Torme| 11.22.10 @ 10:31AM

Far be it for me to speak for a guy named Popsy, but I do think he is being facetious, Dan.

... and, quit speaking latin as us, Dan - this is America, and we're not all "latin"oes. ;-)

Dan Hirsch| 11.22.10 @ 8:24PM

Oh, Velvet Fog,

I long ago gave up on sarcasm and faciety - they both leave too much control to the listener to re-define what I am saying. Yes, it can be tedious, but it's a lesson I paid dearly for (Divorce is HELL. Even the friendly ones..)

And the Latin? "Don't tread on me!" I have a big, tall order to try to catch up to "Semper fi."

Keep the faith, citizens.

Popsy| 11.22.10 @ 12:34PM

No Dan, I am not a Marxist/liberal/progressive/statist etc. As Thomas Sowell and others have ponted out earning $200,000 or more a year does not make you wealthy. Wealth is the accumulation of assets. I was trying to illustrate that wealthy liberals might sing a different tune if we began taxing their accumulated wealth the same as our income is taxed. My comment about at some point you have amassed enough was a paean to our glorious leader's opinion on earned income. A tip of the hat to Mel Torme for your splendid defense.

Finbarr Moran| 11.22.10 @ 5:21PM

Looks like Popsy and Mel made an anal pore out of dapper Dan.

Wonder why no response from Dan. Reminds me of the Romney backer names James that I tangled with the other day.

It's a good idea to read the post first ... just a thought.

Mel Torme| 11.22.10 @ 6:00PM

Finbar, I agree with what Dan had to say (about taxes). It's just that he's arguing with the wrong guy, as the first post was facetious.

Like you said, you gotta read the whole thing first. I've made this mistake before.

Dan Hirsch| 11.22.10 @ 8:26PM

Finbarr,

At work, I was, working for the support of the debt...

JP| 11.22.10 @ 1:15PM

Because almost all of Buffet's wealth is now in the Bill Gates Foundation. Gates paid some high end lobbyists big bucks to get Congress to allow a specially crafted Trust Fund be established (tax free of course). Now with over $60 billion in assets, both the Gates and Buffet families have a constant stream of untaxed income inprepituity. So now the Gates and Buffet families can lecture us rubes how our estates should be taxed at 50%, all the while thier lute is safe from the taxman.

virginia| 11.22.10 @ 8:29AM

"Buffett is not the only billionaire begging for more taxes."
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Why not tax Buffet, Ellison, Gates, Whitman and other billionaires an additional 10 billion dollars a year and use this money to extend medicare and social secutity for the rest of us. This should make warren happy.

Mimi| 11.22.10 @ 11:37AM

They are FREE to give out of their goodness of HEART plenty of riches to the Nation at our hour of NEED!! Since they voted and supported OBAMA, and he way overspent...They can give the Country voluntary funds!!!

Clinton Lovell| 11.22.10 @ 8:48AM

You can call Warren Buffet many things, but you would never call him an American patriot, nor would you say he put our country's interest before his own. He makes me sick and his folksy excuse-making doesn't hide the fact that he used his wealth to accumulate power to accumulate still more wealth at the cost of everyone else. History will remember him as a two-bit grifter who will have the same reputation as Senor Ponzi.

Average Joe| 11.22.10 @ 9:04AM

Mr. Buffet's organizations should be boycotted just as Soros' hedge fund. All reasonable folks should withdrawal every last cent they have from Berkshire stock and hit Buffet and his Socialist cronies in their respective pocket books.

Stormzeye| 11.22.10 @ 9:23AM

Don't forget Dairy Queen.

Tim the Enchanter| 11.22.10 @ 1:09PM

Dairy Queen? Say it ain't so! This news is heart breaking.

JP| 11.22.10 @ 1:16PM

And Gillette, and Forest River RV.

JKS| 11.22.10 @ 3:36PM

...and GEICO....

sky| 11.24.10 @ 11:06AM

@ the rothschilds,heinz, Mrs.Kerry,tides foundation,ford foundation,hollywood actors.

KML| 11.22.10 @ 11:09AM

I read Mr. Buffet's misguided thank you note defending the actions of the government, and I was grateful I had not had my lunch yet. What a sickening little crony. Actually, it was not misguided. If you run a hedge fund, run a huge bank on Wall Street, or are a billionaire, you have been doing really, really well in the past couple years. And truthfully, you have been doing well ever since George Bush was convinced there were banks "too big to fail". Buffet and Gates are a piece of work and shamelessly disingenuous. As stated in the article above, they have already made their fortunes. That is a huge difference from the rest of us who are trying to make ours. What do they care about taxes now? Of course they are for higher taxes because higher taxes will not have the same affects on them as it does on the great unwashed who are still receiving paychecks. Income is taxed; wealth is not. Yes, Gates and Buffet, and all of the other current billionaires have had the luxury of making over $200,000/year during a time in the country's history when taxes have been very low. I would argue that once you are sitting on a billion dollars and you have that nice, safe, comfy cushion, you are not as concerned about how much in taxes you are paying on any additional revenue streams that continue to flow in after. Let's face it; once you have a billion, what you make after that is gravy on the potatoes. I ask both of these clowns how much they would have supported higher taxes 20 or 30 years ago, or when they were just beginning their business careers. So, for these two jokers to now self righteously claim taxes need to be higher because government is just so good, it deserve to take more money from us to make sure it can continue to bail out rich billionaires, I want to give him the giant "you're number one sign".
Buffet and Gates: if you want to give your government more money, by all means pay more in taxes and be happy, but the American people know you are a fraud. When Gates and Buffet propose a wealth tax, then I will take these two seriously.

Yosemeti Sam| 11.22.10 @ 11:24AM

YO, Buffett and Gates - how about spreading your combined 80+ Billion wealth around to us under-taxed plebes?

Then start over to build your wealth under your own espoused taxation fairness. See how far you get.

davelnaf| 11.22.10 @ 11:37AM

Anyone with some exposure to the workings of government or has bothered to notice how well its spiritual equivalent, unions, operate understands that the elevator does not go all the way to the top in anyone who openly advocates more of it.

Citizen Jerry| 11.22.10 @ 12:15PM

Out here in flyover country, people fawn over Warren as "the Oracle of Omaha." Take a look at his worldview and the things he's supported (like RU-487) and you'll discover he just slightly less odious than George Soros.
Maybe someday his Berkshire Hathaway investors will wake up and realize where their blood money is coming from.

Ramon| 11.22.10 @ 12:18PM

Mr. B. is just proof of what is says in the Talmud, "A donkey with a load of gold is still a donkey."

Nunya| 11.22.10 @ 12:33PM

In truth, I was a big fan of Warren Buffet some time ago. Here was a guy who worked his butt off for years, and made a billion dollars in the stock market--the only person ever to do so.

Then, somewhere along the line his view of the world became tilted. For the last 20 years or so he's moved to the left--from being a conservative, to a ruling class liberal. I lost respect for him many years ago when he started espousing far left politics and became a poster child for the leftists in this country. I put him in the same boat as Soros, though I don't think he's been quite as active trying to destroy this country (unless it's all been behind the scenes).

JeffW| 11.22.10 @ 12:52PM

There is one place I would love to point out to people like Mr. Buffet, Gates, etc, those that are considered wealthy and say they should be taxed more. The Bureau of Public debt. They can make donations in multiple ways if they would like to assage their guilt of being successful.

The Bureau of the Public Debt may accept gifts donated to the United States Government to reduce debt held by the public. Acting for the Secretary of the Treasury, Public Debt may accept a gift of:

•Money, made only on the condition that it be used to reduce debt held by the public.
•An outstanding government obligation, made only on the condition that the obligation be retired and the redemption proceeds used to reduce debt held by the public.
•Other intangible personal property made only on the condition that the property is sold and the proceeds from the sale used to reduce the public debt.

sky| 11.24.10 @ 11:17AM

Have the senators and congressman pay into social security.No pension,why do a lot of them have free health care for life with 4 to 6 years of work?No bonus any time they want,even in a downturn.

Sue| 11.22.10 @ 1:08PM

The reason they very, very wealthy advocate raising taxes is they already know it won't affect them. So, they get the accolades from the public for professing something that won't occur.

They've sheltered their billions in Charitable Remainder Trusts, etc. and they know it. Buffet is nothing more than "window dressing" his image for posterity sake. The same as Bill Gates.

When the government eliminates "Trust" creation, you'll see the "dirt" fly against raising taxes and government confiscation of their wealth. This is why they are both for "estate" taxation. They have set up foundations, etc. where they will "leave" no estate to tax.

don| 11.22.10 @ 1:33PM

Someone did a study on wealthy people and their political leanings. They discovered individuals with net worths between 1 and 10 million dollars are 65% conservative and 35% liberal. But once people get over the 10 million dollar mark the numbers swap. I guess the old axiom is true, the only people who can afford to be liberal are the very poor, the very rich and the very stupid.

Andrew| 11.22.10 @ 2:41PM

Don, I had not heard that axiom, but I love it. Also, I am interested in the study on the political leanings of the wealthy at different levels of net worth. Can you tell me how to find. You can reach me at abwilson@swbell.net. Thanks.

Radioman777| 11.22.10 @ 3:18PM

Of course Warren Buffet applauds government intervention - he benefits directly.

LadyPatriot| 11.22.10 @ 3:23PM

If Mr. Buffet and all his billionare friends are so inclined, they are free to send the government as much of their personal assets as they care to without creating yet another tax. Strange, I have not read in the news lately about anybody voluntary sending any significant funds to the gov't to reduce the debt, you have that option on the income tax form you file every year. So it seems to me that Mr. Buffet is just another hipocrite, put your money where your mouth is Mr. Buffet, let's see a 1 Billion check from you to the gov't otherwise shut-up!

Person of Choler| 11.22.10 @ 4:50PM

As the always-amusing British Scandium trader
http://timworstall.com/2010/11/22/dear-mr-buffett/
points out, anyone who thinks they should give more to Uncle Sam can mail a check to the following address:
Gifts to the United States
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Credit Accounting Branch
3700 East-West Highway, Room 622D
Hyattsville, MD 20782

Mimi| 11.23.10 @ 6:56AM

The amount they send needs to be much more than 1 BILLION...Did their " BOY " only spend
1 bil????? . They should at least cover his same amount of National debt he incurred since in office....for JUSTICE sake!!! Lets get the pen out BOYS....do your PATRIOT BEST!!!

Patrick in AZ| 11.22.10 @ 3:31PM

What Mr. Buffett doesn't mention is, with millions, make that hundreds of millions, of dollars in the bank, it doesn't matter to him what the tax rate is for the "rich" - it won't affect his life at all. Income tax is based on "income" not wealth. And last time I checked, there is absolutely no law preventing him from voluntarily "donating" as much of his wealth to Uncle Sam as he likes - I'm sure he does that annually ... no, seriously, I'm sure he does, right Mr. Buffett?

mames| 11.22.10 @ 3:46PM

Accumulating wealth is not the same as accumulating knowledge and wisdom. Buffet is his own Soros. 'So interesting how these old creeps make money in the open market and then turn around and try to destroy it. ungrateful bastards.

Ramon| 11.22.10 @ 4:48PM

So true. Buffet and Soros are also hypocrites. If they really think the rich don't pay enough taxes, they can simply send the Treasury 'enough.' Believe me, the Treasury won't send it back. No...once they have climbed the ladder of success, they want to pull it up behind them.

Dave Trapped in NYC| 11.22.10 @ 5:50PM

Uncle Warren should start checking his balls for cancer.

Walter Sobchak| 11.22.10 @ 8:41PM

One of Buffett's key considerations for investing in a company is a high entry barrier for competitors. If the nature of the business, market conditions, and/or government restrictions make it prohibitively expensive for a new player to enter the field, so much the better for the current occupants of that field.

Pushing for tax increases essentially raises the entry barrier to the ranks of "the rich." Buffett, et. al. don't necessarily profit financially by limiting the ranks of the rich, but they do get to continue a disproportionate influence on policy with their wealth while preening in their "selfless" call for higher taxes.

Bill Hussein O'Stalin| 11.22.10 @ 10:44PM

It's no secret that Warren Buffett has been one of the biggest recipients of government largess for decades raking in billions from the government. In essence, he's one of the richest welfare queens in America. He's no capitalist. Far from it. He's just a clever tax dodger who's made billions off of your taxes.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/.....51546.html
Were it not for government bailouts, for which Buffett lobbied hard, many of his company's stock holdings would have been wiped out.

Berkshire Hathaway, in which Buffett owns 27 percent, according to a recent proxy filing, has more than $26 billion invested in eight financial companies that have received bailout money. The TARP at one point had nearly $100 billion invested in these companies and, according to new data released by Thomson Reuters, FDIC backs more than $130 billion of their debt.

sandyinohio| 11.22.10 @ 11:37PM

I have never heard Warren Buffet referred to in such terrible terms. And anybody who is rich did NOT necessarily become so at the expense of others! There is no limited amount of money in the world; because one has more than another does NOT mean that more cannot be created, with risk & creativity. Hence, start a company with money you have or borrow for a creative new idea! Warren Buffet nor anyone else is stopping you.

Todd S| 11.23.10 @ 12:33AM

You are completely missing the point of what everyone is saying Sandy, no one said he became rich at the expense of others. What we are saying is that he is a hypocrite to advocate for higher taxes that will not affect him in the least and might even benefit him from putting up barriers to entry. The old bastard has put most of his money in trusts with Bill Gates to go about their social engineering projects and congratulate themselves for being such great people while the rest of us plebes struggle to deal with the burdens being put upon us by the government with outrageous deficits and taxes. We find it disgusting that he is willing to carry water for Obama and help to destroy capitalism and have it replace with corpartism and cronyism. Him and Gates can both go to hell for all I care, I suspect they will have a surprise waiting for them come judgment day.

Todd S| 11.23.10 @ 12:39AM

Corporatism I should say or you can call it state capitalism like the Chinese do it and that jerkoffs like Thomas Friedman slobber all over.

jstwndring| 11.23.10 @ 4:17PM

Well, this is not surprising given the fact that Buffett has profited financially from government's involvement in various industries in the past. It's partly how he makes his fortunes--off of the subsidies from taxpayers. He's not a free-market capitalist. He's a swindling opportunist. And, like many political leftwingers, he's also a hypocrite. The reason he has no problem with higher taxes is because most of his wealth is sheltered. He's made his billions, screw everyone else. I hope he drops dead soon.

David March| 11.24.10 @ 9:35AM

I might be impressed by Warren Buffet had he not used government to swindle his fortune from hard working taxpayers, or even made the modest effort to pay taxes.

When the government prevents him from deferring his income taxes on his companies over 20 year installments, maybe then I might give a damn about his sanctimonius bullcrap.

Jobe| 11.24.10 @ 2:37PM

This is a man who has lost all understanding of the ordinary work-a-day American. His worries and our worries are not even in the same dimension. His power and our power over our lives are so far apart that he cannot even imagine. He must think of himself as on par with the government, however, he is blissfully unaware of the horrible dammage that that government is doing to us. All that because he cannot feel that dammage.

FREE tea| 2.1.11 @ 11:38PM

---AGAIN

The entrenched, ultra-rich TAX-FREE capstone
'charitable' (i.e. Globalist tyranny and eugenics),

foundations and NGO's need fearless, sustained and unflinching investigation, auditing, prosecution
and FINAL dismantling.

START with the illegal beginings of the FED.
Intrigues on BOTH sides of the Atlantic.

BEHOLD!

They have their funds and fingerprints all over
everything from the Bolshevik coup d-etat,
to the eugenics dreams of Hitler and, MOST
disturbing now ----MAO TSE TUNG.

DON'T trust us ---do your own background search. It's ALLLLL there!

Pay particular attention to the figures and funding
ACTUALLY behind our 'POP culture' and 'liberation' movements these past 5 decades.

Go on!

"Come out from among them. Do not partake
of their sins..."
----WHO said that?

weddingdress | 7.1.11 @ 1:06AM

This is a man who has lost all understanding of the ordinary work-a-day American. His worries and our worries are not even in the same dimension. His power and our power over our lives are so far apart that he cannot even imagine. He must think of himself as on par with the government, however, he is blissfully unaware of the horrible dammage that that government is doing to us. All that because he cannot feel that dammage.

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