In a CNBC interview this morning, prominent Obama supporter and economic advisor Warren Buffett echoed Republicans when he said he would favor of scrapping the Democrats bill and starting over — saying Congress should first and foremost focus on reducing health care costs. At last weeks White House summit, a unified Republican team made clear it was standing with the American people who want to scrap this massive bill and start over with a clean sheet of paper so we can work on step-by-step, common-sense reforms that lower health care costs.
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economic adviser?? this man is talking bull.S.,i FIX THIS PROBLEM N FOR FREE 1.U ALL STOP PAYING TAXES ON U PROPERTY, TRANSPORTATION,EDUCATION,HEALTH N ESSENCIAL SERVICES SUCH AS WATER,LIGHT,FONE N GAS,STOP PAYING TAXES ON U WORK,,TOILETRIES N CLOTHES,then each worker will pay $100 A MONTH 4FULLHEALTH INS to cover him n his family, MAKE THE MATH 100X100M=100000000X12=$1200000000<–a year if they cant do w it fire those suckers n i will run it n for free,I GIVE SOLUTIONS NO BULL SHIT
@akamola11 and the whole point is not whether he’s a hypocite, greedy, devil, or whatever that he is in your opinion, doesn’t matter. Giving opinion in an interview doesn’t require you to do anything to back up your opinion if it’s not your job to do so and this apply to anyone not just Warren Buffet. I’m talking your argument not Warren Buffet himself, get it ???????????????? SO stop telling me how devil Warren Buffet is, i just don’t give a rat ass about it.
@akamola11 So from now on everytime Buffet have to comment on some issue in America, he should do something about it? Don’t comepare Bill Clinton with Buffet, one in the position that obligated to do something one is not. I can be the richest guy on earth, i can give my opinion on anything if you come and ask me, yet i’m not obligated to do anything to back up my opinion. And leave your mom and my mom out of it, i can talk shiet about your mom all day but it’s just too childish and dumb to do so
And as far as being the most retarded person on youtube, hve you even seen your mom’s channel ?
He is not a socially conscious person, well, at least he hasn’t done anything to show that he is. If george bush said in an interview that “Obama should pull out of Afghanistan”, would you just say “It’s inly an opinion, he’s only giving an interview, lets just forget about what he has done when he was president” and move on ?? Fuck no !!! Then why not hold everybody up to those standards ?? As far as being a waste of time goes, If I am one, then why do you keep replying to me ??
An opinion is not just an opinion when you are one of the richest and most powerful people in the world. If a politician just offers his opinion on TV and then does something else, the public will be outraged. Then why are people like Buffet not held to the same standards ? People like you who keep saying “opinion is an opinion” just let him slide through on his high horse. He is a hypocrite, and many people don’t realize how conuter-philanthropist his actions are. He is just into money making.
Really ??Opinion is just an opinion ??Bill Clinton can give his opinion on Marijuana laws, but if he didn’t do anything about it when he had the power to do so, would you not criticize him?? An opinion is not just an opinion when you are as powerful as he is. You just cannot get that through your thick inbred Neanderthal skull.He has donated 125,000 dollars and he has raised millions through fundraisers for the democrats,but he can’t help grassroots activists who can make a genuine difference ??
@akamola11 u the most retarded person i have encountered on youtube, u just keep talking about something else other than getting focus on the first argument that i made. You a waste of time anyways. And btw if you think he’s the richest man on earth, u an idiot !! That’s it, stop bring a bunch of irrelevant krap here to prove …. blah blah blah. The bottom line is whoever he’s doesn’t matter, opinion is just opinion, with or without money back it u, it still opinion. It’s an interview.
I am not demanding anything dumbass.I am only holding him accountable for his assertions.He claims he’s a philanthropist, and he has no problem opinionated and criticizing people, but he himself hasn’t taken any tangible actions to make a difference.I’m not begging for money.I am just saying that if he doesn’t want to look like a hypocrite,he should put his money where his mouth is, cause he’s the richest man in the world, and he is in a position to do so.Don’t just talk, act.Get it jackass ???
Once again, the argument isn’t whether he’s a hypocrite or he’s a greedy evil guy. It’s irrelevant. You ask him for his opinion about something. He gives you his opinion. You don’t like it, fine. Other people like it, fine. Now, even IF he’s a hypocrite, you can’t ask him for money in order to justify what he just said because that’s not his job to do so. You bring up a bunch of things that are irrelevant, the bottom line is your logic isn’t working.
I wouldn’t say this stuff if some commentator or some pundit would have said it, I wouldn’t give a shite. But Buffett is different, cause he ends up looking like a hypocrite when he says what he says. Even when he supports the estate tax, he does so because his companies insurance policies to protect policy holders against future estate tax payments, thus he has a vested interest in it. Now if you don’t get that, I have nothing more to say. Goodbye and Go fuck yourself.
Wow, your arguments just keep getting dumber and dumber. Number one, obama is not as rich as buffett. In fact, only 1 or 2 people in this world are richer than buffett. Secondly, Buffet has openly boasted about his “philanthropic endeavors”, but has yet to do anything substantive when it comes to actually improving peoples lives. He’s not funding the groups that can make a grassroots difference, and his word are speaking louder than his actions.
I don’t have to back up anything that he said. I said his opinion is valid to consider unlike yours, since your logic is in order to justify one’s opinion one has to give up something for it. If your logic is true Barrack Obama would be so freaking broke by now. Period. The whole argument is your logic of justifying something not whether his solution is rightfully true or not. If you still don’t get it stop bothering me.
Unfortunately, your head is too far up his ass to realise that. And I sound uneducated ? You’re the one who can’t even read properly. DUMBASS !!!!
I am not making any “demands”, I am just saying that if he cares, he should dedicate his resources towards the cause. If it was some schmuck saying the stuff he was saying, I wouldn’t give a shite. But he has the capacity to solve the problems, and if he doesn’t , he’s a hypocrite. And you know what, he is. The man has invested billions in goldman sachs and is constantly investing in chinese companies. He’s just a profit monger, and doesn’t give a shite about the people’s problems.
Well, maybe he should back up his opinions with some significant actions. I never said it was his “job” to give anything, but he is in a position to do so. He doesn’t mind giving 83% of his company to the bill and melinda gates foundation, whose only aim to “maximize return on investment”. I am not demanding that he should give up his cash towards the healthcare cause. I am only saying that if he really cared, he should fund the grassroots movements.
@akamola11 Well people come to him for opinion. It’s not his job to give in anything. It’s not his liability to do any of that. You interview me for opinion i will give you my opinion if you come for charity, let me consider. Who do u think u are to demand his to give up some of his wealth to prove what he said is right. Don’t call other retard just because they don’t have the same point of view as yours. That’s disrespectful and just show how uneducated u are.
It doesn’t take a lot to energize the grassroots movements. Even if he gave away 1 % of his wealth towards grassroots movements like CBHC or Democracy rising, it would make a huge difference. Instead, just talking about what the president should do is futile and makes buffett look like a plutocratic hypocrite.
Wow, what a retard you are !!!! I never asked him to give up all his wealth to providing healthcare for people !!!! I said that if he actually donated some of his funds towards revitalizing grassroots movements and lobbyists who can support single payer universal healthcare and push it into legislation, instead of just offering his opinions, which don’t gain a lot of traction amongst politicians anyways, then he would make a more significant difference to the debate.
@akamola11 the US spent 2.5 trillion dollars on health care 2009. Warren Buffet net worth is 47 billion dollars (source: Forbes), it’s 1.72% of 2.5 trillion dollars. If he spends all of his money to help on health care for A year, does 1.72% makes any significant difference in both short-term and long-term? At least he offers his opinion, which is valid to consider while yours is not.
Oh, I’m tired of all this bullshit from buffet. He’s just all talk and no action. If he really cared that much about the current state of affairs, he would give some of his wealth to the grassroot movements that actually support single payer healthcare. He should just shut his big fat greedy pie hole up.
Why dont we pay for doctors the way we pay for lawyers? What’s the difference?
President oblama’s new Health Care Reform Law is a pile of camel dung. One of the worse sections in this law, is that there are 19,,, Yep, 19 NEW Tax Increases in this stupid, socialist, unconstitutional piece of crap.
Did the republicans & democrats sit-down, work on and hammer-out a Health Care Reform bill/law that would benefit American Citizens? Not only NO, but HELL NO!
Yes I’m more of republican and thats cause the USA was founded as republican but that dose not have an effect on my opion of the health care now law Obama passed my opion is based on what I know and here’s a fact some of those who are disabled right now age 21-35 are uninsured and we are already screwed and if forced to buy insurance we can’t afford our chocies are become homeles to afford it or go to jail
All I know is the situation I’m in and i’ve scaned the bil and it will screw me more. Yes I’m more of republican and thats cause the USA was founded as republican bv that dose not have an effect on my opion of the health care now law Obama passed my opion is based on what I know and here’s a fact some of those who are disabled right now age 21-35 are uninsured and we are already screwed and if forced to buy insurance we can’t afford our chocies are become homeles to afford it or go to jail