{"id":12654,"date":"2012-03-10T06:25:15","date_gmt":"2012-03-10T11:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=12654"},"modified":"2012-03-10T06:25:15","modified_gmt":"2012-03-10T11:25:15","slug":"its-embarrassing-when-you-dont-practice-what-you-preach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=12654","title":{"rendered":"It’s Embarrassing When You Don’t Practice What You Preach"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yesterday Bloomberg.com<\/a>\u00a0posted a story about Warren Buffett. It seems\u00a0that despite his recent statements to the contrary,\u00a0he hates to pay taxes as much as the rest of us.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

NetJets Inc., the private-plane company owned by Warren Buffett<\/a>\u2019s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK\/A)<\/a>, was countersued by the U.S. over $366 million in taxes and penalties.<\/strong><\/p>\n

NetJets in November sued the U.S., saying the federal government had wrongly imposed taxes, interest and penalties totaling more than $642.7 million.<\/strong><\/p>\n

…NetJets Aviation Inc. owes more than $302.1 million, and another unit, NetJets International, is liable for $52.9 million, the U.S. said. Executive Jet Management Inc. owes $10 million while NetJets Large Aircraft owes $1.19 million, the U.S. claimed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cNetJets doesn\u2019t comment on pending litigation,\u201d General Counsel Colleen Nissl said in a statement e-mailed to Bloomberg News.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have no problem with a corporation legally cutting its tax bill, but I do find it ironic that the man who raised such a ruckus about the wealthy paying ‘their fair share’ of income taxes doesn’t necessarily think that statement applies to him.<\/p>\n

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