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I used to respect Buffett until I read in Free Lunch that he has deferred payment of taxes of almost a billion dollars WITH NO INTEREST.....I wish I could get such a deal... Then this energy company collects the state sales taxes on the utilities in Oregon and Iowa and soon Maryland and KEEPS them to improve their bottom line and cause a shortfall in the STATE COFFERS... THIS IS NOT RIGHT...NO COMPANIES SHOULD BE RETAINING STATE SALES TAXES,,,it just means that the little guy is going to pay more in state taxes to make up the shortfall.... I am disgusted with him.
Ahh free market at it's best. MORE money into the hands of fewer and fewer.
If BRK wants to buy in, what is the problem?
They are not raiders, they are partners with
very good business sense.
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