The more you have, the greater your responsibility…so yea Warren keep on buffing these peeps to give it up. smokersodysseycom

Just wait until Christie seeks the nomination in 2016 and we can use the soundbite of him telling Warren to shut up! Hopefully his excessive weight won’t get to him before he can run. Another politician who knows how to run his mouth and produce nothing from it.

Christie should go on a diet and shut up!

Governor Christie is an arrogant, condescending and obese politician who believes he, and only he, has all the answers.. He lacks social graces and too often says things that offend gracious individuals. How dare he tell Warren Buffett ( or anyone else ) to shut up.

THIS MAN SHOULD STOP EATING HOG PARTS OR SHUT UP. HE IS THE MOST DISGUSTING PIG EVER TO RUN HOG WILD ON THIS PLANET!

Maybe if government were more responsible with the money given to them, there would be no need to increase taxes on anybody.

Let’s start with government pensions (aka : The Holy Grail) why not get rid or claw back that for starters.

Christie thought the Buffet rule was about all you can eat buffets.

I would welcome any tax relief politicians can pass for the middle class and the poor with open arms. I make about $50,000 a year as a consultant with a large corporation, and for the most part, am functionally destitute. Credit card interest and taxes suck up most of my meager income, to the point where I work 40+ hrs a week and have nothing to show for it. No savings, no retirement.

Christie is the one who needs to shut up! Hey, Christie – who’s footing the bill for the massive police presence at the overblown wake and funeral for the junkie singer? You know – the one you had the flags flown at half-staff for! Nothing like slapping those who truly deserve that honor in the face and degrading their real sacrifice.

LOL! Well done!

So once again Bull Buly doesn’t get it. One person and one check will do NOTHING. Buffet is right, we need higher taxed on the super rich.

HAM HOCK, FAT BACK, ARBY’S ROAST BEEF SPECIAL, TACO BELL, JACK IN THE BOX, MCDONALDS, BURGER KING. CHRISTIE IS A BUCKET OF HOG DEFECATION!!

Wow the blowhard opens his ugly mouth yet again. What’s worse than Governor Chrisite? The idiots in NJ who think he is a good governor.

I HAVE AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR GOVERNOR CHRISTIE: STOP EATING FOR GOD’S SAKE PLEASE ENOUGH ARE YOU TRYING TO BREAK A WORLD RECORD?

..and when the Buffet Rule goes into place, let’s see how much Buffet will actually be paying in Income Tax.

One man can’t write a check and solve all of our problems. That is why he is voicing his opinion on a policy that he thinks will actually help. Telling someone to shut up because they have an opinion is pathetic leadership on Christie’s part.

I guess when two gays want to marry each other, he doesn’t just say, “they should just get married and shut up” does he?

WARREN BUFFETT MUST HEED CHRISTIE’S WARNING TO SHUT UP, IF HE DOESN’T GOVERNOR CHRISTIE WILL SPRINKLE SALT, PEPPER AND A DASH OF BARBEQUE SAUCE ON HIM AND EAT HIM!

Buffet puts his money where his mouth is. He has given billions to charity, second only to Bill Gates. The only thing Christie puts in his mouth is food. So, shut up about Buffett and put YOUR money where your mouth is.

I didnot know a beachball with legs could be governor?

Once again the buffoon opens his mouth and speaks,before his brain becomes operational…………………he’s truly a loose cannon,and hopefully a one term governor

get a real job,and stop whining

AH HA HA HA BEACHBALL WITH ARMS AND LEGS! YOU’RE TOO FUNNY! THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE! LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL!!

Define “real job”.

Liberalism is a mental disorder….

You’ve never had an important message. Buffoon….

If I had a billion dollars in liquid assets like Buffet, Bill Gates, and our “beloved” mayor to name a few, I would find 7500 random people legitimately down on their luck and give them each a bag with $100k (which would still leave me with $250M). With that much left, I could still make $1.5M in interest per year after taxes. And from that $1.5M, I’d give $20k each week to a random needy person in the same fashion. That would still leave me with over 300,000 already taxed dollars to live on (well more than enough for even a not too over the top luxurious lifestyle).

As for Buffett simply “writing a check” to the Govt, not a bad idea on the surface. But where is that money really going? Same goes for charities. And doesn’t help the economy much if he is getting much of it back on his tax return. That’s why I never give to them (charities), but instead what I can (about $5 per week on average) to homeless and other less fortunate people that I see. This way I SEE where my money is going and feel better knowing such.

CHRISTIE HAS BEEN GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER BY THE DAY. BUT DON’T MOCK HIM… WE HAVE A WAY TO TURN ALL THAT BLUBBER INTO A BIO- FUEL. KEEP EATING GOV.. MAYBE ONE DAY YOU WILL BE BIG ENOUGH AMERICAN CAN STOP INPORTING SAUDI OIL COMPLETELY.

Funny all people say about Christie is he is fat or a blowhard. Nobody mentions he has made a lot of tough unpopular decisions to firm up the financial mess NJ was facing when he took office. The last governor of NJ should be in jail. Corzine lost $1.2 billion dollars while CEO of MF Global after leaving office. Literally lost it. Told Congress he does not know where it went. Buffet should shut up. He is trying to sell the US public a bag of goods. He is one of the main benefactors of the Obama administration vetoing the oil pipe line from Canada to Texas because he is a huge stake holder in the railroads that will now have to transport it. Not to mention he was given preferential treatment in the purchase of Bank of America stock a few months back and has made billions tax free for his fund. Coincidently the biggest benefactor of the new mortgage relieve program Obama announced the other day was Bank of America and Buffet. Buffet is a geniuses when it comes to making money but don’t buy the BS he throws out there. Says he lives in a modest $300K home in Nebraska but he forgets to tell people about his $25 million dollar home at Pebble Beach. Economics 101. Tax the rich more they will spend less. Tax their investments more they will invest less.

It’s so embarrassing that this man is our Governor.

He’s suck a joke. He’s very unprofessional. Talk about a fat cat republican.
Loss some tonnage .

Call me what ever name you want but think everyone should pay the same rate . Entry level minimum wage earner and Wall Street master of the universe should both pay 10% and KEPP 90% of the money they earned. We are all born equal , we have marriage equality and all get judged equally by the law then why should we be unequal when we ask people to finance our country.

Gota love that transparent vile and vitrol, Yup there your CHANGE for you, lol hahaha

You preferred McGreevy in the closet? or was it Corzine the thief?

WHY IS CHRISTIE SO FAT? I WAS NOT MADE AWARE THAT WILD BOARS COULD BE TAUGHT HOW TO SPEAK HUMAN LANGUAGES? AMAZING!

MEYAGI DIDN’T YOU STAR IN THE KARATE KID? WAX ON WAX OFF.

I’d like to see the both of them hit by a bus, but Christie will need a tractor trailer full of rocks to move his lardy butt. What a pair of mini-nads, one is a profiteer that screws the middle class and brgas about it, the other is an egomaniac, the latest in a series of NJ blowhards who cripples us by not lowing property taxes and tosses us pennies with this fake tax reduction.

Just think if The Governor “shut up” he’d lose 100 Lbs!

By that logic you’d assume that keeping taxes lower for higher income people will cause them to spend more… “Trickle Down Economics”. Problem with that BS logic is that the highest earners have had their taxes lowered to their lowest rate and they are not spending more, hiring more, or investing more!

Typical GOP talking points BS!

Rich people can buy what they want even when their taxes are higher, because they can afford to regardless of this. Middle class people spend more, when their taxes are cut. Business owners add employees when demand for what they’re selling increases, regardless of taxes. So, to help increase jobs it’s much more beneficial to cut middle class taxes, since this drives demand. And, it’s better for the Social Good to tax wealthy people at a rate commensurate to their wealth, since there’s a need for the things governments provide, and they of all people benefit most from these things.

The rich should pay a higher rate because they have used their lobbyists and lawyers to rig the system aganinst the middle class. Fat boys like Christie try to hide that and say that all should pay the same rate when he knows that the middle class has consistently lost ground to the rich over the last 30 years. Only broad demand for housing, goods and services can stimulate this economy. Even at a zero tax rate the rich will never consume or invest enough to stimulate this economy. Businesses will hire when demand is there. The middle class has done enough from paying taxes to fighting the wars. It’s time for the rich to kick in.

Christie is one of the worst examples of what a leader should be. This is the sad excuse for a human who claimed “public sector” workers hadn’t taken enough of the brunt from the 2008 collapse as private sector workers. Well it was the non-regulated, left to run wild, private sector, specifically the F.I.R.E. sectors, that sparked a chain reaction of unimaginable proportions. So now members of the military, teachers, postal workers and garbage men should have to take the “brunt” of moronic derivatives traders and speculators who made exponentially more money than those public sector workers, and still received bonuses in the millions after the financial collapse?

The reason Warren does not pay his fair share of taxes is because he does not get a regular paycheck instead he collects dividends which are taxed at a 15% rate. All warren has to do is change the way he gets paid that is get a regular salary from Bershire. Also if Warren is so concerned about taxes why does he buy loss investment offsets so he can use the losses to pay less taxes.. He thinks every one does not understand what he does ?

In the words of Hiram Liebowitz … what a Putz

In another tax development, President Obama on Wednesday proposed lowering the corporate tax rate while closing loopholes

This is Simpson / Bowles of years ago. Pre-Barry throwing away $450 Billion dollar stimulus, Clunker, free Rubbers … many food stamps

Noboyd writes US loopholes, unless your worth $1 Billion like Warren Buffet or the Kennedy’s or slimy like Pelosi.

- Close the big loopholes

I WONDER HOW MANY LAYERS OF BLUBBER HE HAS, DOES HE REALLY HAVE BONES UNDER THERE, WILL HE JUST KEEP EATING UNTIL HIS STOMACH RUPTURES? SO MANY VALID QUESTIONS THAT ONLY GOVERNOR BUFFALO HAS THE ANSWERS.

What makes you think you are entitled to someone else’s money jackof? Make your own dummy. And quit you typical democrap whining…

They should call you Just Dim. The “rich” DO pay a higher tax rate already. It’s called a progressive tax system and it’s been in place for over 80 years. As of now, the top 25% earners pay over 86% of all income taxes.

• The TOP 50% pay 97% of all income taxes

• The TOP 1% pay 39%, up 2% from 2000 when President Bush took office.

So when people like you complain about people like me not paying my “fair share”, you are exactly right! We who actually earn, succeed and make Amercia work should pay a lot less than we are paying now, and the 47% who literally pay nothing at all should start carrying their weight.

I vote for a flat tax – everyone pays “x%” (tbd) This is the only ‘fair’ tax that everyone should be able to agree with. Say it’s 10%, someone making 1,000,000 pays 100,000 in tax. Someone making 20,000 pays 2,000 in tax. Seems fair to me. no write-offs, no loopholes, no minimum earnings – everyone pays.

It will be nice when more than a handful of people understand the system We have.
more people need to read and understand your post thanks.

Let’s see. Buffett will pay no estate tax because he is putting his money into charitable trusts . He has a foundation where his children earn money tax free as a deduction to the foundation. Foundations are a way for the wealthy to transfer money to their children and escape the estate tax. Buffett has specials rules from the SEC that when he buys or sells stock, it is not reported for over 30 days. Would not want the little people to make money off of Buffett or to stop any of their losses on stock that Buffett owns. He also owns over a third of Moody’s stock, the company that rated all the garbage mortgage funds at triple A so more people would buy subprime funds which helped to cause the financial meltdown. Buffett is only calling for more taxes because he is not going to pay them and is just taking the heat off all the money he has made backing Obamas policies. He stands to make over300 million with the veto of the Keystnoe pipeline. Christie may be a blowhard, but Buffett is full of it. And too many people are buying it

Why Is this state still part of the union? I cannot for the life of me understand why he would want to govern the people in these posts who claim to be from NJ. Really its like I walked into a room of 7th graders calling the teacher fat. If you can’t agree with him then argue the merits of what he was saying. Is this really what you guys are like?

Why does ALL of Buffett MONEY go DIRECT to BILL GATES FUND when he dies,why NOT just give it to the GOV’T!

Raising tax rates on the rich does not guarantee increasing tax revenues from the rich. Look at history, as well as what’s happening in the UK with their increased rates. Saying that the rich should pay more does not mean they will.

Don’t you wish you had the smarts to achieve what they do? idiot

Taxes can never be “fair” until the rate is 0% for everyone.

Wow, so many jealous New Yorkers. Nice.

The Federal Government has a spending problem. The more taxes anyone pays, the more spend. Buffett the Baffoon. Everytime OBama wants to tax the rich, he drags out Buffett. Buffetts’s Berkshire owes over a Billion Dollars and he is trying to keep from paying it. So much for Buffett’s idle chatter. Thanks Chris Christie. You can’t get any plainer than that. What they are afraid in New Jersey is your plan is working and they don’t want it to work.

Apparently they had poop for brains because derivatives trading contributed to an entire national economy tanking. That’s not smarts you moron.

How come the Left can’t debate any topic without insult?

Liberalism is a disease…..

Conservatism is the cure…..

49.5% of America doesn’t pay taxes.

Fair Tax for All….all must pay

Your point is arguable. I would argue that all should pay the same rate – that is fair. Get rid of the 70,000 page tax code, which is how politicians hide their political pay-offs. Repubs and Dems alike keep filling the trough for their voters and supporters – both are at fault for our current predicament. Herman Cain had to be destroyed because he was a threat to the political establishment and the tax code which hides their political payoffs.

You actually believe that derivatives were the ONLY factor? Wow.

I’d say you were stupid.

But your post does that for me.

Why is it the media does not point out that Buffet shows up supporting Obama on higher taxes. Buffet does not want oil pipeline built. Obama kills pipeline deal and buffent makes over 100 million dollars.
Yet the leftist meida sees nothing odd about that at all. Not even a mention how buffet just got a huge pay off from Obama.

How about the pay-offs the dems make to federal employee unions, the UAW, to those 49.5% who pay no federal income tax? BOTH parties pay their voters via the tax code. A flat tax is fair. Anything else is a political payoff.

How about learning to live within your means. The reason you have nothing left after paying your bills is because you are spending too much on your credit cards. Cut them up and spend NO more than you take home, PERIOD.

Our government (local, state, federal, etc) needs to learn to live on less than they bring in.

Take your caps lock off TROLL!

Some would say that many in the middle class not taking their education seriously or not making good decisions played a role in ‘rigging’ things against them.

Poor people are NOT poor just because rich people are rich.

Economics is not a zero sum game, and it is not a linear cause and effect.

I take it you learned economics from an Obama speech????

We need 200 Million Dale’s….you sir hit it EXACTLY on the head. Good Man!

I will bet that Mary Sideris is one of the many benefit piglets sucking at the teat on the giant federal sow. I wonder what she will do when it runs dry?

Um, no you would not.

The joke is that he is probably one of the 49.5% of Americans who pay NO income tax.

49.5% pay nothing…yet all they do is screed about the other 50,5% not paying enough?

It’s not the 99% v. the 1%.

It’s really the 50.5% v. the 49.5% of FREELOADERS.

Anybody who thinks ANYONE should pay more taxes, should have their head examined. We need to cut government, period. The rich pay their fair share and they also create the economy. The Government sucks ALL taxpayers dry. There is nothing fair about 86% of the taxes being paid by only 25% of the people. Everybody should pay something.

Christie is correct. Nobody is preventing liberals from giving more to their beloved government. Buffet should just write a check and shut up. Buffet talks a good game to fool the masses and keep them from banging on HIS door (it’s the other guy, not me)..Let Obama talk about taxing the WEALTH that clowns like Buffet have hidden away in tax shelters, and see how fast those liberal blowhards abandon him.

Good for you. You can do whatever you want with your money. Other Americans are also free to do as they wish with their money. When the recipients of your charity spend it all, they’ll be right back where they are now. The reason the rich are rich is that they do not consume all they have – the invest, frequently in businesses that provide jobs. Consider this – the only way to prevent poverty is wealth. Eliminate wealth, and we are all poor. Oprah stated this very succintly when she was asked by an US reporter, after returning from Africa, if she felt guilty for all she has after seeing the true and deep poverty which is so pervasive in Africa. Her reply – “If I had nothing, they would still have nothing.”

Rich people are already taxed at a higher rate. Are you stupid? We have a progressive tax system. RIch people have nicer and more expensive homes, they payer higher property taxes, too.

You are a selfish clown…it has NOTHING to do with something you call the ‘social good’. It has to do with you believing that someone who is successful should have to foot the bill because you are NOT successful.

49.5% of Americans pay NO federal income taxes. NONE. Some even get MONEY BACK!!!!

And you wanna say that these 49.5% are owed MORE from the 50.5% of us already carrying their deadweight???

The real social good would be taking education seriously, not having children you can’t afford and making good financial decisions so you can be productive and stay debt free and NOT be a financial burden on you neighbor.

Get a clue, freeloader.

I agree KittleDiddle is another angry, moron liberal who had parents that always told him how brilliant he was and now he can’t understand why he’s such a failure and achieved nothing in life. THUS HE FEELS SYSTEM IS RIGGED instead of the reality that he’s just a dumb, lazy, angry man, probably fat and if he has a woman she’s ugly as can be. I feel sorry for losers like him.

Apparently, there is a lot you are not aware of…..

You must be a liberal dumb ass

It is like hitting your head on a brick wall…….I understand that I am college educated, but at some point even the dropouts have to understand that the 15% is risk profit and is not a paycheck. I am currently a W2 guy and am desperately trying to get out of this rat race and myself invest wisely and receive dividends full time by making great investments and risking $ to make $….oh and then hire folks to work at my new profit centers….I sure hope Barry does not get his way!

He’s going to be your president one day. You can really be embarresed then.

I would agree to pay any percentage the left wants us to pay on the condition that ALL Americans pay that rate. How is paying nothing and in fact, getting free money back a “fair shair”? If everyone paid the same rate, the rich would still pay more and people in general would be much more aware of the tax rate in general.

Yes. If only he were sophisticated and svelte, like that smooth operating and ever so fit Democrat, Barney Frank!!!

Larry, Buffett who talks the talk but doesn’t walk the walk. He is always running his mouth just for publicity.
Christie must understand that Buffett is tighter than a boars butt during a fly hatch. He doesn’t have any money in his pockets. He either charges what he gets or it is bought for him. His salary is minimal so he doesn’t pay much in taxes. The pay he gets is tax deferred in different ways. I bet you pay more in taxes than he does.
Buffett is a phony and someday it will come out.

You are correct, sit.

If someone wants to give more…..they are free to do so.

Problem is…in numbers just released this week….49.5% of Americans do NOT pay federal income taxes. So, if you are a Dem and need to fund the spending machine that supports your voting base of non-income tax payers…you pretty much are forced to demand that the 50.5% of us that are paying taxes pay even more.

I guess that is the Democrat version of ‘fairness’. LOL

Well, with 49.5% of Americans NOT paying federal income taxes…it would seem that these calls of ‘fair share’ and ‘social justice’ are nothing but meaningless campaign memes of the left.

How can you claim people are not paying their ‘fair share’ when ONLY 50.5% of Americans are even paying???? Seems very dishonest to suggest such a thing.

Clearly this whole 99% v. 1% is just a distraction from the reality that it has really become:

50.5% of taxpayers v. 49.5% of freeloaders.

Rather than give the money to our bumbling, inept, ubercorrupt government, Warren should cut a check and give it to individuals, like me, who want to start charitable foundations for the good of Americans. My foundation will fund adults (45+) with Down syndrome and their sole sibling (or widowed/widower parent) caretaker to buy into/rent in cohousing communities that feature these folks as their star residents. No more nursing home, institution, group home, or foster home B.S. for DSers! I invite benefactors to e-mail me at editor1111@comcast.net.

Just for grins, how about the 49% who don’t pay taxes in the United States, start paying their fair share? This would level the playing field much more than those who are supporting the have nots. I am tired of watching these “have nots” stand in line at the grocery store with a hand for of Slim Jims, a couple bottles of soda and a bags of chips and pay for it with their EBT or Bridge Card.
It is time for everyone to get a little skin in the game so everyone can complain at the same level.

Now why would the MSM report on something like that when it is much more beneficial to demand that the 50.5% of us that actually do PAY federal income taxes pay even more????

Learn to deal with it. He will be President someday and then you can really feel embarrassed.

Star residents? Exactly what does that entaiil?

amen governor.

Hey SokrMom, are you still getting Food Stamps? How many years is it now that you have been on Government assistance? Oh, your whole worthless life, I thought so.

You are the definition of a loser. Piece of crap, libtard, felch-er. Enjoy being that for eternity…brown smear.

Couldn’t agree more!! All Chrsitie cares about is lining his own pockets!! This man will never be the president of the US no matter when he runs!!

I think it is Christie that needs to shut up. When he has as much money as Buffet then he can talk.

Oh and one more thing. Dale Wyatt you rock. . Please run for office. You actually know what;s going on. ,

Hey Chris buddy, Warren is matching, so get in line with your cash.

Best governor ever??? Please, his atitude sucks. He acts like a bully. He is disrespectful to everybody. He could care less about the middle class. He could learn from the governor from NY. Now, there’s a good governor.

Nice to see someone who gets it…the rich will never pay more…the tax codes are made by them…foolish public schooled sheepole…:/

Who pays taxes and who doesn’t isn’t the real problem. When the first tax was levied it was by Lincoln on the top 1% for 10% of their income. He was abloe to fight a war and run the government from tarrifs and the revenue from the first income tax. But he didn’t have the social programs created by Wilson, FDR, LBJ, Bush II, or the current administration. There was no Social Security, which was necessary to persuade working people at the end of their life to vacat their jobs, so adults with children could gain employment and provide for their family. There was no welfare for life or food stamps for life or even unemployment for 99,000 weeks (oops, I mean 99 weeks). So, whether 99% or 49% of our country pays taxes is only relevant when we believe the non-taxpayers as moochers (gaining something for nothing) or believe our government as unresponsive, wasteful and possibly corrupt.

Wizard of Omaha? No.
Oracle of Omaha? Yes.

Teacher’s and other public union employees do not make the entire middle class.

Christie does care about middle class. He just doesn’t care about those public employee union parasites.

Obama throne-sniffer alert. Nice try, Tom.

terrific joke. you have a great sense of humor

Bully? Really??? Because he doesn’t cower in the face of the Democrat attack machine, that makes him a bully? If more Republicans had Christie’s stones, this country might have a chance to dig out of the hole Obama had dug us into.

Jeez, Tom…you make him sound like a Union boss!

Shut up Stephen.

That’s exactly what you should do.

DEFINITELY SUPPORT CHRISTIE ON THIS ISSUE. CAN YOU THINK OF ANY
INVESTOR THAT PROFITED MORE OFF TARP THAN HE DID.JUST LIKE A BOOTLEGN PREACHER. PUSH FOR BLUE LAWS SO YOU CAN SELL YOUR OWN PRODUCT FOR HUGE PROFIT ON SUNDAY.

49% of the population not paying taxes sounds like a problem to me. There are plenty of that 49% who are moochers AND the government is unresponsive, wasteful and corrupt.

Take out the personal comments and the political ones and think about this for a second. Buffett is rich and saying we need to tax the rich more to minimize the debt. What is so wrong with that? Every war we fought except the current ones, America raised taxes on the rich to pay for it. Why is different now?

Nothing has been done since Buffett said to tax me more. Our leaders are still out of touch on this.

Now, THAT is a zinger! Thanks for the belly-laugh

The answer to all this is the FairTax. This will end the income tax and switch to a national sales tax.

We are one of the 50% who don’t pay taxes. This year our income was 15,000 and our tax “refund” was almost 4000; last year we made 11,000 and received almost 5000. We took it because when your that poor you get pretty desperate just to be able to provide basic necessities. HOWEVER, and this is a big however, if you add the refunds to our income, WE ARE STILL POOR. This what I try to explain to liberals. If the gov took 100% of those who make over $100,000, and divided it among the poor, it is not enough to raise all the poor out of poverty. What we want is a robust economy where companies are hiring. If you know even a little of economics (which I do) you would know that lower corporate taxes results in more money for them, and consequently they hire more people, who then pay taxes, and tax revenue goes way up. This has been proven many times in the past. Obama’s policies are old and have been proven in the past to ALWAYS be a failure and lead to misery and tyranny. I don’t know why liberal idiots can’t understand this. They need to go to school and learn real economics rather than bullcrap propaganda the media puts out. They are what Lenin called “useful idiots”. I would love to make enough income where I would have to pay taxes.

For Poorfarmerswife. Thank you. You are an example of doing the right thing and being penalized byt the useful idiots.

CBSNewYork states: “Buffett may be known as the ‘Wizard of Omaha,’……”

Nope. He’s known as the “ORACLE of Omaha.” Do a little research, guys.

84% agree with Christie. That is bad news for the Obama sheep. Which is made up of welfare leeches, drug addicts, illegals, and of course his diseased Occupy followers.

Christie is just another simple minded mouth piece for wealthy corporate executives. Corporate welfare and tax loopholes for rich folks are destroying the middle class. Christie should be ashamed of himself for attacking public sector employees … cops, Firefighters, teachers, etc. have difficult jobs and provide valuable services to the citizens. They are not highly paid and are worth a lot more than what they get in compensation. Our society can easily survive without corporate executives who take a disproportionaly high cut of the profits and provide little in the way of proving their worth. We can’t live without the good middle class folks who provide vital, basic services.

Some people actually believe that increasing taxes on the people that they are jealous of will somehow make their lives better. These people are delirious. You can have the government take all of the money from those who have more money than you, and all that you get will be a government spending even more money on crap and you will still have nothing. Stop complaining about the rich, and go do something to make yourself more money. There is not a finite amount of wealth in the world. Rich people having money ISN’T the reason that you don’t, and them giving the government money ISN’T going to make you rich.

Not only do 49% not pay income tax, a great many of them actually have negative tax by getting back more that was withheld via the “earned income credit”. Now that’s some horse hockey. Of course those who work still pay the payroll tax, which is why Obama chose that as the place the offer his “tax cut” so those who pay negative income tax will get a reduction in their payroll tax and vote for who else? Meanwhile, Social Security is going bankrupt. Rich liberals (useful Democrat idiots) like the Oracle of Omaha or Geo. Soros kill me.

I’ve been a New Jersey resident for four generations. Christie isn’t doing anything remarkable, he’s just transferring the state’s money from one SES subset to another, while at the same time pandering to the shore communities and Morris County chums. Why don’t you ask Christie why he’s still subsidizing buddy businesses and corporations who lease prime real estate for a net of a penny an acre (if the rest of us taypayers aren’t footing the bill in full), meanwhile working class New Jersey residents are paying some of the highest rent in the country. Not to mention he caused us to lose hundreds of millions in federal funds that New Jersey tax payers were entitled to (a portion of the federal taxes we pay is returned to us in the form of various grants and other funding from the gov’t).

The problem is that every earnings level is not taxed equally. Some of the means of acquiring very large sums of money and/or wealth is only taxed at half the rate as a middle class worker’s income (e.g.: capital gains tax, 15 percent). Well paid lobbyists have exhausted every ideological defense for why “risk takers” = (lobbyist-ese for people/firms with large sums of acquired or inherited money/wealth who *can* afford to gamble tons of it on startups [sometimes phony startups just to put on the books as a "capital gain"], derivatives, etc.) are entitled to a lower tax rate on earnings from risk, but there’s no excuse for subsidizing gamblers, so that’s bologna. Not taxing their earnings at the same rate as other earners is federally subsidizing them – this is some of the kool aid our moronic governor has been drinking, so he’ll continue to support subsidizing some of the nation’s highest earners who live in our state, at the expense of insanely high rents (except in flood-prone areas), and shaving the deserved pensions of people who have picked up our trash, protect out streets, teach children, delivered our mail, etc. Ironically, many of the hedge fund managers who use their Two and Twenty earnings system to dodge a fair tax rate, use in part the pensions of public employees to take their “risks” and enjoy the earnings.

Clinton lef the country with a surplus, and republicans squandered it, got us into two wars on false pretenses and put the country back in debt. Get your facts straight AS – it is ignorance like yours that is going to doom this country by not calling the right party out to account for their errors in the past.

Alphonse you have poop for brains, as you can’t comprehend the term “contributed” in my post, which doesn’t imply “only” by any stretch. And to further demonstrate your poopy logic, you were compelled make your username as such, to compensate for poopy brains you moron.

What an incredibly lucid counter argument to Christies point.! He may lose weight , but , in your case, you can’t fix your clear lack of reasoning ability- but that woulod explain your leftist treachery.

buffet is making millions from obama’s policy and will continue to do so. buffet is an investor not a business person. he plays all sides and does well.

big government means big profits for the corrupt.

Chris Christie for pres

Onre should investigate as to how much of Buffets investment profits are due to government programs and tax breaks

Newt Gingrich, et al, dragged Prez Clinton screaming & kicking to the ultra-Dem touted ‘surplus’. Get your basic US gov’t correct ….. Congress controls the purse strings under our Constitution.

Hey Mr. or Ms, Angry, seems you’re projecting the misery that is your life, and thus your handle, not to mention you seem to have described your own dad to a T. Seems your conception was a waste of organs, as you have no better way to spend your time, or make your case, than to hurl the same pitiful character insults that everyone’s been hurling at the other sad human, Chris Christie.

Check your facts! The last surplus was in 1957. I’ll give a reference unlike you just spouting government talking points: treasurydirect.gov historical debt. If you believe either Clinton or Gingrich that they balanced the budget, then I’d suggest you are not smart enough to vote.

I love it when people/Libs bring up Clinton and balancing a budget to create a surplus. Simpletons. You do realize don’t you that Clinton did not have a surplus in his first term? That’s the term where he had a Democratic majority in both houses. memba? facts are interesting things.

It wasn’t until the Republican “revolution” (his second term) that our fiscal house started to get in order. Gingrich. memba him?

Don’t get me wrong, repubs squander $$ too. They all do. they are politicians and we’ve given them all far too much power and control of our money at the Federal level.

stop being a tool and just be honest. they all suck. we need a smaller Fed. More Libertarian thinking. Tea Party. Ron Paul. Local, communities making decisions and keeping their hard earned cash. It’s by no means perfect, but it’s the best idea for how to govern-by governing ourselves.

@ Middleotheroad. Typical Liberal ignorance. If you knew anything about the way our government was set up, you would know that the Congress creates the budget, NOT the President. What party held Congress while Clinton was in office? That’s right! The Republicans! The Republican Party was responsible for budget surpluses in the 90′s, NOT Clinton. And even then, the surplus only meant that we were spending less than we were taking in. The country still had a national deficit. Maybe if you liberals would do your homework, you would learn a thing or two and come over to the right side. But alas, I forgot how much you hate the FACTS!

“Democrats will take you towards Socialism at 100 mph and Republicans will do it at 50 mph.” Author Unknown.

Doesn’t matter the liberal North East is doomed anyway, Christie will just fix up New Jersey enough so it won’t be first. People like Tom here, are proof that the north east libtards can’t see basic common sense and they will walk off the Progressive/Socialist cliff like Greece.

Don’t forget, “The Poice Acted Stupidly” and “You Republicans can move to the Back of the Bus” if you’re talking about disrespectful. Yep, that’s your MESSiah.

Get your facts straight. Clinton left office with a projected surplus. As in, ten years out. If you had any idea what you were talking abou,t you would realize that on the day he left office, there was not a surplus. If you had any idea what you were talking about, and we’re honest about it, you would realize that 9-11 changed everything in this country. But of course you can’t do that. It is much easier to just blame Bush. Sad really. A little research and critical thinking of your own might do you some good!!!

“I don’t find a problem with it. If you make more money you should pay a little bit more in tax,” said West New York resident Christine Auriemma.

“Anyone who makes a million dollars or more should pay higher taxes,” added Mary Sideris of Fort Lee.

Because of the progressive tax rates, the rich DO pay more. This is not rocket science, people.

If we are going to demand the rich pay more how about asking the poor to TAKE LESS!!

Christie is great. Time will tell if he is a good governor or not, but for sheer entertainment value and “truth to power”, he has it nailed.

And Buffett should write a check to cover that deadbeat Cindy Sheehan’s late tax bill.

Buffett has shown himself to be a fool and a liar. Of all the presidents he could be associated with he picks Obama the most unqualified in our lifetime maybe ever. Two words to describe this brain plaque.

Fat Man just lowered flags to half staff for a drug addict who NEVER served her country. RINO Fat Man will NEVER gain my support back for that.

There are actually two reasons the Capital Gains Tax is only 15%:

1) Corporations are double taxed! Corporations pay taxes on their earnings, up to 35%. Then they pay dividends to shareholders who pay a Capital Gains Tax of 15%.

2) To encourage investment in the economy!

So in other words, the Government already collects up to 45% of Corporate earnings. Why punish the risk takers who “gamble” (as you put it) to make more wealth for themselves so they can retire and live comfortably? Oh yeah, because you want them to pay for the 49.5% of Americans who don’t even pay taxes!

I saw a good bumper sticker on the way in to work today. It had a picture of Obama pointing his finger at the viewer, and saying, “Worker Harder. Millions on welfare are depending on YOU!”

So much of the news is completely made up after the coup and cover up for domestic spying purposes.

Our next election is shaping up to be as big of a sham as the last. Do you know why Sarah Palin’s bus tour was really canceled? Do you know why she stayed 30 miles away from the second debate and chose the death of Steve Jobs to announce that she’s not running? Know what leaked out? Sarah Palin and Cain aren’t in the race for the same reason, the truth leaked out.

The biggest cover up in history starts here. Government posters will likely attack at any moment to discredit and divert attention. No one wants to be tried for treason.
http://PalinsDirtyLittleSecret.blogspot.com

What an idiotic comment. Buffett is the one running his mouth about paying more in taxes, not Christie. Christie just called him out on his hyprocrisy. Nothing, absolutely nothing is preventing Buffett from paying more to the government right now if he thinks he is undertaxed. I say Christie is right to call out Buffett to put up or shut up. The fact that he won’t exposes his hypocrisy. The same with other hypocritical bums like John Kerry. In his home state of Massachusetts they have a standard tax rate of 5.3% and a “voluntary” tax rate of 5.85%. The taxpayer has the choice of choosing the higher rate if they want to pay more to their government, if they feel they aren’t taxed enough. Guess what? Kerry picked the lower rate. And he is the richest person (thanks to marrying into money) in the Senate. How’s that for a hypocritical gold digger?

AMEN TOM! JustJim is pretty much an ignorant tool. Nail. On. The. Head.

Theoreticals are great, but ask the accountants at General Electric how much they paid in taxes last year. The actual figures won’t even come close to your figures.

RIGHT ON Gov Christie!

Tell that “oracle” to sell his $25 million mansion in CA and give it to Saint Obama to spend if he is so darn worried about funding the govt.

Why should he wait for any match? If he really thinks he is undertaxed, he should just send in his check. There is nothing stopping him. He can do it whenever he wants The fact that he doesn’t, the fact that he tries this “matching” stunt, underscores his hypocrisy. In fact, if Buffett were anything other than a blowhard, he’d send in his check, and then challenge others who think they are undertaxed to do likewise, especiallt Demorats. After all, the richest people in Congress are the Demrats. John Kerry married into more money than I can ever conceive of having, yet he parks his $100 million dollar yacht in Rhode island to avoid paying docking taxes in Massachusetts, the lousy piker.

Agree 100%. If Buffett and these rich liberal celebrities and rich Dem politicians (e.g. Pelosi and Kerry) feel their taxes aren’t high enough, they should shut up, lead by example, put their money where their mouths are, and write checks. Maybe if they led BY EXAMPLE and voluntarily paid more, I’d consider following their example. Until then, forget it.

“In another tax development, President Obama on Wednesday proposed lowering the corporate tax rate …”

What he’s proposed will actually increase the corporate tax rate. But hey, if Obama says he’s lowering something he’s actually raising, why should the media investigate his claims?

AMEN!!!

best comment yet

That’s a myth. Clinton DID NOT leave a surplus. If he did, then the Federal debt would have gone down, which it DIDN’T! Even if you assume that he left a surplus, he stole money from the Social Security fund to do it, which would still disprove the claim of “leaving a surplus”. So YOU get your facts straight buddy.

You are correct. The Clinton “surplus” is a myth. If not, then the national debt would have gone down, which it didn’t. Also, he stole from the Social Security fund, but this still didn’t leave a surplus. I can’t believe this “surplus” myth is still alive and well. A lot of gullible and ignorant people. Or maybe just people who want to support their agenda without letting the facts get in their way.

because then people would know just how small his wealth was/is to the size of the deficit. add bill gates and buffet’s wealth together and you will apply nothing more that a “rounding error” in the size of the deficit. get real, please.

ROFL @ Tom. That’s the best satire I’ve ever heard. Next to Obama, Hillary, Rahm and Spitzer there’s never been a more raging megalomaniacal hothead than King Andrew. Christie is a godsend for NJ, helping protect the MIDDLE CLASS against the union thug looters. NJ is pulling itself out of the ashes which Embezzler Corzine left it in, despite a Depressioncrat legislature and DC’s feverish efforts to destroy it along with the rest of the country. Since I mercifully fled that hellish communist dungpit of NY for the TX Gulf Coast a few years back, how’s that depression going up there now, Tom? lol

How funny you are!!! It’s Cuomo who’s fixing NY and could teach Christie a few pointers!! Get you sh!t straight.

No he doesn’t. He could care less about them

sad attempt to promote your site tard. You need to promote it this way because nobody cares to read it. it’s not written well and it’s pathetically anti-intellectual.

And I’m sick of hearing this fat loudmouith whining about what he’s tired of. He’d be tired of climbing a flight of stairs if he had to. If you don’t like hearing the voice of the people, get the h*ll out of government, Christie. Most importantly you miss both the point and the fact of the situation. Buffett WROTE a check for $49,000 a few weeks ago toward lowering the debt, but the point is not that a random super-wealthy person here and there should write a check ***if they feel like it.*** It’s that Buffett (and several others in his income range) saying that people earning such high incomes should be ***required*** to pay a higher rate of tax. A random payment here and there is meaningless. A meaningful enforcement of higher tax rates at high income levels would have real effect. What is the problem with you rightwingers that you don’t see this? You actually believe that someday you’re going to be so fabulously wealthy that you need crazy reduced tax rates on the wealthy just in case you ever get there?? Delusional and stupid.

Two wars on false pretense? I’m a veteran of both. Hussein played chicken about WMDs and lost. He had to look intimidating to Iran – that IS working on WMDs. Yes, a point we missed. However, history showed he had to be taken seriously. Afghanistan. We left them ALONE after we helped them with the Soviets. LEFT THEM ALONE. They repay us by bombing a warship, two embassies, the the WTC – TWICE. The “surplus” you speak of was a fabrication of the DNC to shift credit away from Republican Congressional achievement. Why not read a book instead of using it for a doorstop? Having actually been in Southwest Asia, actually fighting, I think my understanding is a bit more keen than yours.

Don’t pretend like Republicans would save this country. Both parties are equally responsible for the mess we’re in now!! Bush started 2 unnecessary wars, passed the failed tax cuts, oh and did I mention the failed NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT??!!! Seriously, Bush is the one who dug this country into the hole.

Christie is a phony and a hypocite. He keeps talking about shared sacrifice, but does he sacrifice anything?? NO!!! It’s just the average NJ person who has to give up things to make the lives of those like the Gov better

I agree, all should pay the same rate. That is only fair (liberals, take notice, even with a flat tax rate, the richer people pay MORE than the not so rich, not taking deductions or loopholes into account). But I guess a flat tax rate is too simple and makes too much sense for the government to pass it. I say, why not pass it, and if it doesn’t work, then go back to the current progressive tax system?

That’s because CEO Jeff Immelt is a world-class Obama bootlicker. You’ve heard of crony capitalism I take it?

Well said. Some Republicant’s just don’t care about the middle/working class people out there, but hey, the rich can keep their money.

So he’s just like Obama?

You must not care about the middle class either

Right on Mack.

Berkshire Hathaway owes $1 billion in back taxes. So we have Obama’s Treasury Secretary as a tax cheat and now Obama’s fan club as a tax cheat. Write the check Warren. Any you too Barry, Bill and Hill break out the check book. And all you Hollywood libs, And Boxer and Pelosi. You folks are rich, send it in. Put the money where your mouth is. Do you all remember Slick Willies tax return?? He deducted for used underwear. Al Gore;s charitable contributions could fit in a kid’s piggy bank. Hypocrites.

Noel – You are so right- I feel the same way you do. We need someone on the right that is outspoken and not shy..

I wish Gov. Chris Christie would call Warren Buffett on a speaker phone at a press conference and ask him why, if he feels he is not paying enough, he doesn’t cut a check TODAY!

A question I’d like to ask here on this message board, if Buffett feels the government needs more money from the rich, like him, who are not paying enough in taxes because the government needs the money and I guess he feels they have better credentials at spending on our behalf for all those programs and regulations and what not, why is Buffett leaving the vast majority of his wealth to The Gates Foundation? Why not give The Gates Foundation a little money, give a little money to his heirs and the BULK to the government! Sounds like Buffett is a hypocrite and has little faith in the governments handling of the tax dollars they do receive.

What we are sick of is these rich hypocrite leftist crying for higher taxes when you look at their tax returns and their charitable contributions are zero. Put your money where your fat mouths are. Don’t give me this working class people crap Tom. 49% of the people in this country don’t pay one cent in income taxes. Though the earned income credit some get money back. Enough of the slackers at the bottom of the scale. Pay something too!

LOL >> LOL>? >OLOL…. Clinton was forced by Ginrich and Republican, senate and congress,,, Learn your history . You are totally and completly ignorant if you believe other wise. The first two years of cClinton was a disater, until the contract with America saved his sorry butt, and of coarse the liberal agaist America, media elites gave Clinton the credit.

Why doesn’t Buffet just give all his money to the government. That way he could take the credit for helping out.. oh wait… all of the money from ALL of the millionaires would only account for about 3% of the nations debt.. oh well, just fork it over Warren, your almost dead anyways.. just pay for your old age and be done.. let someone else reap the benefits of your money.. after all , that’s what I think would be fair… and who say’s your ideas are fair….so are mine so fork it over.

One more thing… like my dad used to say.. “the fair’s in August”..
I like to question the concept of how much money is required to teach our children.. seems there never is enough.. the libs always want more.. and more.. and more.. and when you ask them just how much more the “rich” need to pay, when you ask them how much is fair.. they can’t answer you.. just like how much money for schools.. they can never give you a straight answer.. they just say well “MORE”..

HAve issues with bullies Tom? Christie is tough when dealing with bullies. You do not mind his style at all if he had a D next to his name.

And how many places does Obama have us fighting in? Just found out another three in Africa. http://apne.ws/zwzoKP Obama has bombed and attacked more countries than Bush 41, Bush 43 and Reagan combined.

As far as budget goes, I am glad to see that Obama has returned to balanced budgets and massive budget surplases. Uhm oh wait, you mean he did not do that.

Bloomberg is a good governor – you have to be kidding me. Talk about not caring fo the middle class; Bloomberg only cares for those who are a special interest group – he wants to protect the non-citizens more than he wants to protect the US citizens. Yes, Governor Christie is one of the best this country has ever seen.

Idiot liberals like you are the reason our public is so misinformed. When you say Clinton left the country with a surplus you are just being ignorant. He left with a surplus FOR THAT TERM he did not leave this country with extra money the U.S was still very much in debt when Clinton left office. You also leave out the fact that is was a republican lead congress that forced Clinton and our country to level that budget FOR THAT TERM. Please do us all a favor and actually know what you’re talking about before you go and blurt out something as if it is an unquestionable fact.

The fact remains that this tax travesty is happening and our governor, like many of his allies, have no desire in addressing or correcting the microcosm of it happening in our state. He’d rather fan flames over marriage equality and education funding as a smoke screen to dodge the issue of state subsidies for companies, the property they lease, the exorbitant sports arenas etc. He’d rather blow tax money on a new stadium, while taxpayer money is still paying down the old stadium, but refuses to continue construction of a tunnel that would benefit the horrendous commute across the Hudson, a decision which which led to a huge net loss of state funds.

Just how much taxes does government think there is to support the 49.5% of Americans paying no taxes? Every dollar of tax collected is a dollar of investment in the economy that does not promote jobs. The simple question to ask Buffet is does he think government can invest his money as well as he can. That will change his tune really fast.

Christie is a mean-spirited, belligerent, gibbering ass. What he believes is blunt honesty is the graceless, callous behavior of a bully. I wish the people of NJ would yank this man’s chain. I’m sick of listening to him.

He’s a billionaire and you’re doubting his word about finance and economics? You’re a jackass.

another rich greedhead heard from. Yeah, screw the kids, right?

Yeah, baby! Preach on!

clinton deficit spent every year of his term. It is a matter of public record. the surplus was a myth.

You’re going to complain regardless of what Barack does. So why should we listen to you?

now, now big guy…go have a dozen cheese burgers and calm down.

Unlike you, Buffet is a) paying his taxes and b) saying he’s not paying enough. What’s your problem, other than moral laziness and greed?

Did you hear what Sheehan said? It’s hard to argue with a dead mother who says she’ll pay her taxes when her son, dead in a faked up war, is returned. So what? You hate mothers or like faked up wars?

They are. You think poor people like being poor? If so, you deserve a bullying creep like Christie.

Probably as much as Romney’s and Newt’s. Be careful what you ask for when you ask for an investigation into where business gets its money. You probably won’t like the answers because it makes you look like a sucker. Business, big business and small, live on government-funded programs, tax breaks, etc. They just don’t want to pay back.

Quit getting your economic theory from the TP. SS isn’t going bankrupt.

Spoken like a rich person–or his valet. It’s not jealousy, it’s fair play.

kiss your mother with that mouth?

Useful idiots? You’re poor and you complain about the rich paying more taxes. Who’s a useful idiot?

LOL. If Christie is going to put his money where his mouth is, it’ll have to be a big, fat check.

Don’t you mean “couldn’t care less”?

One question: under the current tax code (which, unlike you, Buffet argues needs to be fixed) he’s paying what he’s expected to pay. So why should he pay more? You wouldn’t.

we went from Clintons surplus to Bush pushing us off the bridge to Obama dragging us to the bottom of the pit….now that about sums it up

You’re right. Christie’s just running his mouth.

if you want to know why we have such a shortage of funds for the schools is because of the illegals….more kids, need more teachers books etc. and they usually need translators till the children learn english

It’s the “Oracle of Omaha” not the Wizard…dweebs at CBS
AND COULD ONE OF YOU BUFFOONS IN THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA BRING UP THE FACT THAT BUFFET OWES BACK TAXES!!!
Yes its true, Berkshire Hathaway owes taxes dating back to 2002, nearly 1 billion dollars worth!

Maybe Chris Christie should just shut the heck up, and take a look at your approval ratings, which are in the toilet!!!

His attitude is perfect for the job and damned refreshing…

TAX THE RICH MORE? Really? The rich ALREADY pay a higher percentage – and because of their higher income they ALREADY pay more dollars – AND the top 5% ALREADY pay 80% of the taxes – and we now have the highest percentage of NON-TAX PAYING Americans in our history.

The next time I see you out to dinner at the same restaurant, I’m going to ask YOU to pay my dinner tab since you probably make more money than I do. That’s fair right? Morons!

Thanks Todd. GREAT point!

Noel? Get OFF your dad’s computer and GET TO BED!

It’s a SCHOOL NIGHT kiddo!

Christie?? Warren Buffett doesn’t need to cut ANY check ….

YOU need to cut about 1,000,000 CALORIES A DAY!!!

SHUT YOUR MOUTH, AND STOP EATING AS MUCH AS YOU SPEND!!

NOBODY IS OBLIGATED TO GIVE WHAT THEY’VE EARNED TO ANYONE ELSE.

STOP EXPECTING HANDOUTS FOR DOING NOTHING!!!

The liberal Kool-Aid drinkers listen to what Obama, Buffet, and other members of the liberal elite SAY, but they ignore what they DO. Buffet SAYS that he wants the rich to pay more, but he himself isn’t willing to do it voluntarily, and his company (Berkshire Hathaway) is in court over paying certain taxes that they owe to the government. Liberals are always very good at telling OTHER PEOPLE what they should do with their money, but are frequently quite stingy about giving their own money to charity or to the government. One of the facts that ALL taxpayers should be reminding Congress of is that, the larger the size of government, the more bureaucratic waste, mismanagement, and fraud there is in the governmental organizations. The more money you give to the government, the more freely the bureaucrats spend it, without any regard for controlling waste and fraud.

Sounds to me that someone is just a little too sensitive to the truth, when it is aired for all to see. Gov. Christie has exposed the attempts by the public workers unions to bully the state government and the taxpayers, and has told them that things are going to change. Because of that, people like RT accuse HIM of bullying because he won’t kiss the unions’ butts, like the Democrat governors before him. It is about time that the taxpaying public in New Jersey had a true representative of the people in the governor’s mansion, rather than the union puppets that were there previously.

Hey, RT! I have a proposition for you. If you REALLY are concerned about the kids, why don’t you give every parent in New Jersey a voucher that can be used to educate their child at the school of their choice? That way, people would avoid non-performing schools and non-performing teachers, and would be enrolling their children in charter schools, non-public schools, or even public schools which ARE doing a good job of educating students. Of course, being a public school teacher, as you are, all that you are REALLY interested in is more money and more benefits, and screw the children. You know that, if the state ever went to a voucher system, then non-performing teachers would be out of work, because there would be no students at your school to teach.

Really. WTF is wrong with people who say “He could care less?” That means he actually cares a little bit when they mean to say he doesn’t care at all. Love Christie’s blunt comments. I’m sick of atheist Buffet’s comments on taxes. Who is he to speak of morality since we are just an accident of molecules anyway.

Good point, Gov. Chrisitie.
Mr. Buffet, you can pay higher taxes very easily…
…claim fewer dependents, don’t itemize, etc. etc.
It’s all right there on your 1040. If you need help figuring it out, I think they have people at HR Block stores that can help. Or, I’m sure you can hire someone to help you avoid as many loopholes as possible.
Thanks in advance for filing your taxes in a manner that allows you to pay as much as humanly possible; all the government employees appreciate your support.

Buffet owes back taxes for multiple years… doesn’t pay his taxes now!!! Do you really think he will pay (on time) if his taxes are raised??? OF COURSE NOT. He is another “do as I say liberal”, all the while doing the opposite… where is the media coverage of this hypocrocy??? In the pocket of the left, bought and paid for by the DNC

Prove that Buffet is paying everything he can – and then putting money towards future taxes (which is a convenient box on the 1040), and we will believe you.

Otherwise, given the amount of posts, you doth protest too much.

Everyone should have to pay the same “flat rate”/”price” to vote, period. If you can’t afford to pay (to play/vote), you don’t get to vote. Welfare, as they know it would end overnight… because the politicians will no longer “need” to throw money at the slackers to buy their votes. Zero sum gain… win/win for the country.

Economics 101: business don’t print their own money so when the goverment raises their taxes, they pass that added expense along to all the rubes that have to buy their products and services… the very rubes that are actually paying the tax (in fantasy land thinking the rich are magically paying it for them, idiots.

Jealousy by the parasites is an ugly thing to behold. It is also a sad thing because the Constitution doesn’t distinguish producer from parasite; so even parasites get to vote. It’s enough to make grown men weep.

One would think the NJ heart attack-in-chief would have far better things to do then attacking private citizens over free speech; like lowering the flag for legal pharmaceutical drug overdosees. What a hypocrit. Talk about shutting up…!

Tom, you are stuck on STUPID.

warren buffet presents a mantra of tax avoidance…read all of his books. he presents himself as a man of the people who lives in a modest house in omaha but really lives in a pebble beach mansion. he pays less tax because he takes a minimal salary from berkshire-hathaway…pays himself less than he pays his secretary. he sells little and thus re-invests and avoids tax. mr.buffet is a bit of a hypocrite.

The Republican congress left this country with a surplus. Once they were no longer led by conservatives, they started spending like Democrats. Then in 2006 when the Democrats took congress we went off the cliff.

Tom… really? Bloomberg?The guy wants to control VERY aspect of your life. He is a statist moron. Make salt levels in food a crime? Get a clue.

The republican controlled Congress gave us a surplus… Check YOUR facts, tell me one thing or idea Clinton came up with that was his baby he saw and worked to fruition .

You missed the point, Barry! If Buffett wants to give away his money, handing it over to our inept govt. won’t fix a thing. I suggest he instead endow a foundation–which takes WORK! I’m the middle-aged sole caretaker of my adult brother w/Down syndrome. If I croak, he’s screwed, because hypocrites Left and Right down give a crap about people like him. An excellent solution would be to build cohousing communities, which is a concept you know nothing about. And being the sole caretaker of dev. disabled adult, who’s in mental & physical decline, and to be the sole breadwinner and everything else is more work than you’ll ever do in a hundred lifetimes. I hope all breeders take note: don’t have kids if you can’t afford to take care of them, especially if they’re dependent thru no fault of their own. Handout? You’re a goddamned idiot!

What middle class?? Obama, Reid and Pelosi have already gotten rid of them.

Every cohousing community is built with a conscious, stated purpose in mind. The ones I’d want to build would include 10 adults with Down syndrome first and foremost, then other members of the group. Some cohousing communities are built w/the elderly as their “star” residents; others w/young families as the main reason for living in community (built in babysitters, etc.), and so on. And no, this isn’t communal living–it’s community for a stated purpose. Interesting that you chose to zero in on one word, which you should’ve been able to understand in context. Public school education at work. Glad I went all but 4 years to parochial school and college.

This is why people LOVE Christie – he says what we’ve all been thinking all along. People like Buffet and all those Hollywood wingnuts should DO what they want to force everyone else to DO – just donate all their vast wealth to the US Treasury! How much are they “costing” the government by not doing so (since failure to confiscate people’s money is now being call a government “expenditure” by Obama)? Put up or shut up. A few weeks ago Robert Redford was proclaiming that his Sundance film festival was for the “99%” – what a hilarious whoo-haw! I’m sure his little mind has never sat down and had a thought – lest he realized that he and almost everyone at his flippin’ film festival are the 1% OF THE 1%? Crap people – LOOK IN THE MIRROR!

Todd, don’t hold your breath waiting for the liberal mouthpieces in the media to tell the whole truth. They believe that reality is what they say it is and that’s why they are so angry about alternative news sources.

While generally presidents really don’t have the power to shape the economy by themselves -the dotcom bubble wasn’t of Clinton’s making, nor was 911 and it’s economic fall-out caused by Bush, their actions can certainly contribute to already-existing trends. Both parties deserve a huge amount of blame for the housing melt-down, although Bush keep bugging Congress to address some of the problems and they ignored him. Obama, however, seems to be exerting himself whole-hog in his own little “shovel-ready” project: digging a bigger and bigger deficit hole. His actions are having a direct – and detrimental – effect on the economy.

“Sick of listening to him” but can you refute what he says?

HAHAHAHA – No we’re NOT “doubting his word”, we’re “doubting his actions.” He says the rich should pay more, but obviously he really means that “other people” should pay more. If he really believed that the rich should pay more, he’d already be paying more. As the old saying goes, “Actions speak louder than words.”

I agree with you about the schools. Factors other than money make the most difference in school quality and the most important factor is parental involvement. Some of the districts with the highest per capita expenditures have the poorest educational outcomes. Look at the DC system – their per student spending is one of the highest and yet the quality of their educational system is at third-world levels. Sadly when the former mayor tried to change this, the teachers’ unions made sure he was not re-elected. So who, exactly, is not caring about the kids? I say, give the parents control and vouchers so that they have the same option I did – send their kids to good, character-building, academically rigorous private schools.

Buffet still owes a billion in back taxes……pay it Buffet and then shut up. England raised taxes on the rich and revenues went down. Why is that a big surprise to liberals? I am certain that not all liberals are stupid , but why don’t their brains work right?

I love CC…and proud that he’s my governor. After the lying POS Corzine…we were BLESSED with this man….we love every bit of him. And NJ supports him 100 percent. He is SAVING our state after the liberal theives nearly crashed it. I go to as many town halls as I can across the state and you should see how many hard working NJ residents take time from their busy , productive lives to see him and talk with him…God Bless and Keep you Governor. We love you ..

Bush got us into two wars?? Do you remember those “peaceful, loving Islam-a-Nuts that flew planes into the WTC and murdered 2900 innocent people?? That was the first shot of those two wars. If killing those nut jobs who ALWAYS babble how much they HATE us and want to KILL us was a bad thing, well then, good. REMEBERS how America was still doing REALL GOOD right up until Pelosi-Reed and the Demonrats took over Congress in 2006??? How have things been going after that???? HEL L ON EARTH.

The “rich” whom Obama wants so very much to tax “fairly” already pay the lion’s share of taxes. The top 10% (which starts at $114K) pay 70% of the taxes already. Did you even know that? The top 5% (starting at $160K) pay about 60% and the top 1% (starting at $380K NOT a ‘million or a billion’) pay 38% of the taxes. That’s not fair enough for you? Did you know that, not only do the bottom 50% of wage earners pay almost no federal income tax (3%), many actually get money back as a “tax refund” despite not having paid any taxes? You and the rest of us taxpayers are giving them money for not paying taxes. Who is delusional and stupid now?

FUNNY!! Barry re-signed those “failed tax cuts” into law again over a year ago!!! FUNNY!!!!!

Morality and religion are soooo mutually exclusive. Why don’t we lower the tax rate for everyone by 20-30% across the board and start taxing the multi-billion dollar, tax free industry otherwise know as religion.

Same advice for fatass CC: cut a check and shut the fk up

Liberals hear about Brittian and laugh it off. They claim that because it hasn’t been tried here that it will work. NEWS FLASH to the libs: it has been tried here and it didn’t work here either. Liberals just use that selective memory disorder so they don’t have to fess up when they are wrong.

its a work. nobody really knows what warren buffets politics are. he claims to be lefty and calls for higher taxes while the federal complex works hard to make his billions grow. buffett has learned that you call for more taxes on the rich to keep the miscreants and outreached hands off the estate.

Ha ha! Christie is right. Who listens to the Far Left Buffet anyway? Our Tea Party certainly isn’t listening. Since when is it a bad thing to try to create wealth for yourself? Buffet should just stop lying and shut up and…just…go…away.

YEAH! Like cops and firefighters. Why do they get meager benefits and I don’t?

The UK imposed a 50% tax on wealthy. The London Telegraph reports yesterday
“Separate figures, published by HM Revenue and Customs, provided more evidence that wealthy people are taking steps to avoid paying the tax.
In January, the tax take from those who do self-assessment tax returns collapsed by more than £500million, compared with the same month in 2011.”

Soak the rich tactics and tax revenue goes down. Some day the our socialistic friends and our socialistic President and his liberal party just might get it. But even if they do their aim is power and that willnot change.

It appears that the only negative comments here, come from government union members who are mad because they are having their entitlements and freebies cut. Christie is the first governor to give the taxpayer a break.
I live in Central Jersey and I think he is the greatest. Those who use personal attacks against him, ie., fat, bully, etc., are those who would blindly follow their union leadership and don’t want to work or pay their fair share.

I’m not the one saying I’m undertaxed. Neither is Christie. Buffett is the one saying he and those like him should pay more. So why doesn’t he? Nothing is stopping him. He can write a check to the Treasury, they’ll take it. Instead, he says, at least to Republicans (not the ‘Rats), you go first. That’s a stunt. He’s a hypocrite, nothing more. But that makes him a good fit for the Demrat party.

Mr. Buffett complains his secretary pays a larger percentage of incopme taxes that he does. The percentage tax amount that was quoted for her would put her in the 1%. Maybe she should tate a pay cut!

Wow. A really profound, cutting comment. Learn that one on the playground, did you?

name one thing that we should envy that comes from NY… you’ve taken OUR Giants, OUR Status of Liberty, hell you even invade OUR beaches in the summer!!!

Middleoftheroad??? sounds like you are in the ditch on the left!!!

love his ATTITUDE. it’s what we need more of, somebody with a pair of cajones
who walks & talks the Truth. Buffett/Obama are liars! clear & simple. 50% of
Americans don’t pay any taxes. NONE! We’re covering them & you know what, the top 28% of Americans (that’s right those E-vil wealthy ones) pay 83% of all Fed taxes. They also create jobs! Learn some truth before it bites
you in the a$$.

Hello Mary Ann, Bloomberg is NYC Mayor, Cuomo is governor of NY. Don’t be as stupid as the libtards, it does give us conservatives a bad name. Go Christie!!!

But if anybody on this board quit playing proctologist long enough they would see that both sides of the ilse are destroying this country. Implememntation of UN Agenda 21, the dumbing down of our kids, the transfer of our wealth. The new world order on its way. Bush talked openly about it and Obummer sponsor Soros does also. That in itself should make people wake up and smell the roses.

Some people cling to the partisan ruts they’ve dug for themselves, and there’s no way they’re gonna be climbing out into the sunlight. They don’t have an inkling of what you’re referring to, whereas I could add a hundred similar topics to your list.

And that’s the g’damned problem! I pray we outnumber them at the polls, because if we do, I personally think it’ll be “Ron Paul is 45.” He’s the only person my conscience will let me vote for. Unsolicited advice to the masses of citizens: Arise, open your ears and eyes, and pay close attention!

Absolute statist moron, yes! The derision of human salt consumption should be left to the people, unlegislated and only for sport!

While I will admit Ron Paul is truer to the constitution than any of his counter parts running for high office, I have also learned one thing, isolationism leads to world wars.

I challenge everybody on this board to explain why it is we are finding ourselves choosing amongst the lesser of two evils when it comes time to chose our president for the last thirty years.

You shut up Chris. It is obvious why you do not like Buffett’s proposal.

Keep up the good work Christie…looking forward to seeing in office again.

I think, as I previously implied, that people’s reluctance to break with party politics and their tendency to live ostrichlike are what keep Americans choosing between the lesser of two evils each election. Dr. Paul believes, as do I, that if we’re needed and asked to help, we should respond. It’s not our job to police the world or interfere with the natural evolution of sovereign (or other) countries. And neither one of us is saying to close our eyes to a Hitler. The point is to take care of home first and butt out of affairs that are none of our legitimate business. No one’s saying don’t kick azz when it’s justified and warranted. So on those points, good people can disagree. There’s plenty else to come to consensus on.

God he’s so fat.

If stupid means stating the facts, then I guess you’re right

Yup, we were doing really good fighting a useless war in Iraq, wasting billions that could have been spent on education, infrastructure, etc in our country. The Republicant’s sure know how to fight wars and waste our tax dollars!!

Nope, his counterpart in NY is one of .the best

You dopes, clearly Christie cares because he just issued NJ residents a reduction in their taxes. Compassion the Obama way is taking from you. Gas at $4.00 a gallon. Unemployment and debt for ever. NJ has changed course. I am not from Jersey, but I wish Christe was gov of NY.

What makes you think Conservatism will “cure” NJ and the country? Can’t you see that BOTH parties are responsible for the mess we’re in??? Funny how all the right wingers use Liberal(ism) as if it’s some sort of profanity and pretend like Republicans are the sh!t

Wow, a Teabagger here??!! Since when are you EVER right?!!!

Show me a reduction inproperty taxes,and income taxes,then tell me what a great Governor he is. So far,all talk no action,and my paycheck continues to shrink,while my taxes continue to increase!

Allan

I thought they had a no bullying law in New Jersey.
Another typical remark by the NJ Gov.

Hey Gov. Fatso … You want Warren Buffet to “shut up” because the truth hurts [you]. You don’t want folks who blindly follow the GOP party line to suddenly wake up and realize that the ultra rich, CEO’s turned elected officials who represent the GOP are making themselves and their friends even wealthier at the expense of the middle class.

what a stupid comment

People who are making 250,000 a year are worried they may have to downgrade from their Mercedes & get an Audi. I see it all day working in Bergen County. All these people do is shop all day. Sometimes you just say to yourself these people are delusional. Ahh the life of going to David Allen’s in the morning, 5th Ave in the afternoon, maybe a spa treatment at Paramus Park. Hey ain’t nothing wrong if your comfortable but don’t be an idiot & try to justify entitlement when the majority of people are just trying to get by. All that being said trust me folks these people ain’t even in our timezone. They are simply out of touch

Why, Cuomo’s done a fine job so far!!

Exactly typical right wingers.

maybe Warren, who actually has accomplished something in life, would pay the moocher Christie, who outright bought his US atty job and lied his way into the governorship, to shut up

My goodness – why is there always such disdain for the Republicans. All Govenor Christie said was if Buffett wants to pay more taxes then write a check. For heaven sakes what is so damn wrong with that remark. After all, Buffett has been spouting off out how people in his financial position should pay more – well there is nothing stopping him from paying more taxes – as the Governor said, write a check. And, as I have said in past posts, if Buffett really wanted to pay more taxes, he could fork over the billion dollars owed to the IRS by Berkshire Hathaway instead of continuing to fight to not pay the taxes. I am sure part of the Governor’s irratation with Buffett is his hypocrisy.

where are your statistics coming from?

I can’t believe so many people support this bloviating fathead. Sad.

I cannot believe how many people are so rude and so crude in their replies to the remarks of others. Grew up folks – people are entitled to their own opinions and quite frankly, Governor Christie said nothing wrong. The left wing liberals drive me absolutely crazy.\

Here’s the problem I have with those who decry any kind of tax increase for the wealthy — which for me would properly be those making $500K+. I don’t feel that those who work hard shouldn’t realize the benefits. But that a Mitt Romeny can game the current tax code to pay 13.9%, while others who can ill-afford it pay much higher tax rates is plain old wrong. No one makes a fortune on their own in an isolated bubble. They depend on an entire infrastructure — roads, electric grid, water supplies just to name a few — that are funded not by a single person but by all of us. Add to that in our ecnomic system that financial success is usually made by selling something — a good, a service, etc. — you then have that each customer has contributed to the success of an individual, e.g., the late Steve Jobs. In addition, corporations get huge tax breaks as well, funded by the rest of us. Of course no one is compelled to buy, for example, an iPad. But to me, that makes the level of what s owed back to the society that has rewarded a Steve Jobs and his ilk even greater.

And it isn’t ust how much money is made by a particular individual — our tax code is screwy. If you work for your living you pay more if than you live off a very particular kind of investment income. That seems odd to me — a huge disincentive to actually work! There was a report in the NY Times: James Ross, 58, founder and managing member of Rossrock a Manhattan-based private investment firm. He fits my defintion of wealthy, but ends up paying a tax rate of 102%. That’s plain old crazy. (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/04/business/at-102-his-tax-rate-takes-the-cake-common-sense.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=102%%20tax%20rate&st=cse)

So I hope that Warren Buffet doesn’t shut up. Maybe the Demopublicans will listen to him. They sure as heck don’t care about us!

buffet will go down in history as a financial genuis. Christie after a few years will just vanish.A loud mouth schmuck who is just needs the attention from the far right. How many jobs has schmucko created in his lifetime. ZERO You people need to take a step back and re evalueate your prorities.

Mitt Romney’s tax rate is lower because he is paying taxes on capital gains and dividends that he earned from investments. He had already paid taxes on his income, which was used to purchase the investments from which he earns his capital gains. As for people like Steve Jobs, he was not born a millionaire, he earned his millions, he worked, he invented, he created. That is called capitalism. In a capitalistic society, not everyone is successful; some are some are not. However, just because you are successful does not mean you should pay a fortune more in taxes. If the Democrats really wanted to even the playing field, they would be screaming to rewrite the tax code and eliminate the loopholes for those earning a significant salary.

In my humble opinion, a flat tax would be a much more fair way to go; in that instance those who make millions pay the same percentage on their income (be it through wages or capital gains/dividends) as those who make $10,000. However, in a flat tax instance, 47% of the Americans who pay no income tax would now pay. Eliminate the payroll taxes, loopholes, deductions, etc. Make it a straight percentage of your income. That is fair. What is not fair is asking a small percentage to continue to pay for a large percentage who pay nothing.

Yes, but that money didn’t appear out of nowhere — nor did he acrtually create anything tangible to earn it. He helped dismantle companies, took a cut that was labeled a “capital gain” as opposed to earned income so that the tax rate he pays is artifically low. It’s one thing for someone like my mother who lives off investment income that my dad earned by working like a dog as a doctor — up at 5:00 am every morning to see patients, constantly on call — to say that it’s taxing income that was already earned, and another to game the system so that the payment received is slotted into a different tax cubbyhole. And I’m sorry, but in my humble opinion flat taxes are NEVER fair. I don’t think its so outrageous that those who have made more — by whatever means — should pay more. That’s common sense.

Gee, Ms. Russell. Are you on Christie’s payroll or what? You seem to have made a career of arguing that “them that’s got shall get, them that’s not shall lose” is a fair and equitable way for our economy to run.

Well, I don’t know about you, but I have no first hand knowledge about how Mitt Romney earned his money and therefore cannot and will comment on that issue. The bottom line is earnings from investment income is taxed at a lower rate for those who you believed earned their money the hard way or did not earn it the hard way. That is our current tax code. If you do not like it then fight to have it changed.

What I find tremendously sad si that I have never in my life seen a this country so divided and can only blame our current President who seems to revel in pitting us against each other. It is a terrible and disgusting shame – the envy and jealousy of those who have by those who do not is rampant and, in my humble opinion, a disgrace. It use to be in this country people were applauded for being successful; today they are denegrated.

I for one cannot wait until November 2012 when Obama and his entire administration is elected out of office.

No I am not on his payroll and do not make a career out of arguing about “them that’s got shall get; them that’s not shall lose”. On the other hand you seem to be making a career out of arguing that “them that have should give to them that don’t just because it seems like the fair thing to do

I always boggles my mind when people start arguing about the inequity in the tax code. Have you forgotten that about 45% or more of the American people pay no federal income tax whatsoever. The rest of the American citizes are paying for a good many who do not pay. Also, it seems to me that 13.9% of $15,000,000 is far more than 20% of $10,000. And, the average American does not pay 30% in taxes; it is more like 9-10%. Again more class warfare b.s. from Obama and his ilk.

Life is not always fair and it is not equal. The Constitition and our Bill of Rights provides us with the freedom to the “right to the pursuit of happeniness” not a guarantee that we will be happy and all will be fair.

What he meant to say was “when I go to a buffett, I write a check and shut up.”

It has been reported that many top-level people in the financial industry have their compensation structured as “capital gains.” That is not money that was earned actually doing something, taxed at a normal rate and then invested. The very compensation packages are structured in this way to avoid paying taxes. Some consider this smart and fair. I think it is a loophole that should be closed.

Yes, 13.9% of $25 million is far more in actual dollars than 20% of $25,000, but $5000 out of a $25,000 salary is a big bite that an individual will feel. 20% of $25 million is $5,000,000 — which leaves someone making that kind of money $20 million to live on. If individuals making that kind of money cut out those half-caff double-whip lattes every morning in favor of making their own coffee and buy off the rack instead of ordering bespoke suits, I’m sure they’ll get by.

To me, it’s just basic fairness.

PS: This is one fo the ways I’m fighting — in the court of public opinion, as it were — to change our tax code, which is grossly unfair.