Topic - warren buffett

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  Obama's proposed tax hikes at odds with GOP rivals

  President Obama proposed tax increases on wealthy individuals and some corporations Monday, setting the stage for an ideological battle that won't be resolved until after the November election — if then.

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  Obama to unveil budget with higher taxes, more deficits

  President Obama's budget request to Congress on Monday will forecast a deficit of $1.33 trillion in the current fiscal year and calls for $1.5 trillion in tax increases over the next decade, senior administration officials said Friday night.

• American Scene

  The state official in charge of figuring out how to fix an enormous financial shortfall in Pennsylvania's capital city said in a proposed recovery plan released Monday that "significant and difficult" steps lie ahead, and that Harrisburg may end up seeking bankruptcy protection.

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  KNIGHT: With many claiming his mantle, it's important to get Reagan right

  Ronald Reagan, who would have turned 101 on Feb. 6, no doubt would have been amused by the number and ideological diversity of people claiming some part of the Reagan mantle.

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  MURDOCK: Newt's flat-tax option beats Mitt's plan

  Despite losing Tuesday's Florida primary, Newt Gingrich showcased his voluntary, 15 percent flat tax - 2012's smartest idea yet, both strategically and substantively. Through the Nov. 6 election, this concept can inoculate Republicans from the Democrats' ceaseless lies about the wealthy "not paying their fare share" of taxes. If implemented, Mr. Gingrich's plan would reinvigorate America's feeble economy.

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  RAHN: Obama's odd sense of fairness

  President Obama keeps demanding that the rich pay more because "it is only fair." In his State of Union address, he said millionaires should pay a minimum of 30 percent of their income in taxes. The 30 percent number seems to have come from divine inspiration rather than an exercise in logic.

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  MILLER: Tax the 'rich'

  Each presidential candidate's position on investment tax rates is a critical issue. The current rates, set by President George W. Bush, will expire at the end of this year, so whoever sits behind the desk in the Oval Office next January will have the power to stop the capital-gains tax rate from jumping to 20 percent and qualified dividends rising to 39.6 percent.

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  Obama guests add celebrity to State of Union

  The secretary for one of the world's wealthiest men and the wife of late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs were among those invited by the White House to attend President Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday evening.

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  Buffett's secretary, Jobs' widow to attend State of the Union

  The secretary for one of the world's wealthiest men and the wife of late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs are among those invited by the White House to attend the State of the Union address.

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  State of the Union: Obama to say U.S. must reclaim fairness

  President Obama is pledging an economic revival that will work for everyone and not just the rich, declaring that "the defining issue of our time" is the endangered promise of the American dream.

• Inside Politics

  he House of Representatives has passed a bill confirming the use of religious symbols at military memorials. It was also voting on legislation to order that a prayer issued by President Franklin Roosevelt on D-Day be installed at the World War II Memorial in Washington.

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  Obama calls for taxes, investments

  Delivering a broad defense of tax increases on the wealthy to help pay America's bills and finance new investments, President Obama used his final pre-election State of the Union address Tuesday to urge Congress to act, warning that he was prepared to leave them behind if they fail.

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  Buffett would profit from Keystone cancellation

  Warren Buffett, whom President Obama likes to cite as a fair-minded billionaire while arguing for higher taxes on the wealthy, stands to benefit from the president's decision to reject the Keystone XL oil pipeline permit.

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  LAMBRO: Obama's tax-rate demagoguery

  Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney estimates the federal tax rate he pays on most of his income is about 15 percent because it comes from his past investments.

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  First lady Michelle Obama is challenging assertions she's forcefully imposed her will on White House aides, saying she's tired of people portraying her as "some kind of angry black woman."

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