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Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
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Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, gestures during an interview on the Fox Business Network with Liz Claman, in Omaha, Neb., Monday, May 2, 2011. Buffett said he felt good when he heard of bin Laden's death, but he still worries about terrorist attacks. He didn't expect the bin Laden news to affect business much. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
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Billionaire Warren Buffett urged Congress to raise taxes on the nation's wealthiest individuals to help cut the U.S. budget deficit, saying it won't inhibit investment or job growth. "My friends and I have been coddled long enough by a billionaire-friendly Congress," the chairman and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. wrote in an opinion article published in the New York Times. Adam Johnson and Scarlet Fu report on Bloomberg Television's "InBusiness With Margaret Brennan."
source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/buffett-urges-higher-taxes-for-coddled-billionaires/2011/08/15/gIQAYfR2GJ_video.html
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