Αυτό είναι ίσως το καλύτερο editorial του καλοκαιριού: Ο δισεκατομμυριούχος CEO της Berkshire Hathaway γράφει (με το απλό, κατανοητό, αφοπλιστικά ειλικρινές ύφος που γράφει και τις ετήσιες εκθέσεις της εταιρίας του) ότι η ιστορία της χαμηλής φορολόγησης των πλουσίων στις ΗΠΑ πρέπει να σταματήσει, αναφέροντας με λεπτομέρειες τί πληρώνει ο ίδιος στην εφορία.
Last year my federal tax bill — the income tax I paid, as well as payroll taxes paid by me and on my behalf — was $6,938,744. That sounds like a lot of money. But what I paid was only 17.4 percent of my taxable income — and that’s actually a lower percentage than was paid by any of the other 20 people in our office. Their tax burdens ranged from 33 percent to 41 percent and averaged 36 percent.
If you make money with money, as some of my super-rich friends do, your percentage may be a bit lower than mine. But if you earn money from a job, your percentage will surely exceed mine — most likely by a lot.