claim: "what happens is people like warren buffett — and he says this himself...pay 15 percent on the millions of dollars that they earn from wealth income... while their secretary is paying a higher rate on her work income. it's not right."
author: john edwards
evidence_1: sep 21, 2011 ... and then there are the millionaires warren buffett wrote about in his famous op- ed column for the new york times asking the federal government to "stop ...  when obama says that middle income earners shouldn't pay higher tax rates  than the extremely wealthy, he is invoking the idea at the heart of the ...
evidence_2: mr buffett said that he was taxed at 17.7 per cent on the $46 million he made last  year, without trying to avoid paying higher taxes, while his secretary, who earned  .... do not the republicans listen when mega-billionaire warren buffett says that  the tax rate on his massive income is lower than the tax rate on his secretary's […] .
evidence_3: apr 12, 2013 ... for most people, what counts as income is simple to see—it's their salary, and  maybe, if they're lucky, a bonus. yet for the ... it's just this loophole that mitt  romney used to pay less than 15 percent— based on the legal capital gains tax  rate at the time—on the millions he cleared while head of bain capital.
evidence_4: mar 4, 2013 ... warren buffett says even though he and other top earners are paying higher  taxes this year, he thinks he's still paying a lower rate than his secretary. in 2013,  capital gains for those earning more than $400,000 ($450,000 for couples) will  be taxed at 20%, up from 15%. and high-income households also ...
evidence_5: may 1, 2008 ... he went around his office, asking people what share of their income they pay in  income taxes. buffett's 17.7 percent tax rate compared a bit too favorably with the  30 percent tax rate paid by his secretary. so it appears that the tax system favors  the super-rich over working stiffs. and buffett went a step further, ...