But Murdoch hasn't been preening dishonestly on national TV about how 'selfless' he is. The Homespun Humbug needs to put up or shut up.
What a fraud.
The man who inspired President Obama’s millionaires’ tax said he is willing to make his federal tax returns public — if fellow rich guy Rupert Murdoch does the same.
That’s right, billionaire investor Warren Buffett challenged the owner of Fox News and the Wall Street Journal to a financial-public relations duel of sorts.
The Berkshire Hathaway chairman has claimed he pays a lower tax rate than his secretary and earlier this year urged the government to stop “coddling” his super-rich friends and raise their taxes.
That prompted Mr. Obama to propose what he is calling the “Buffett rule” of higher taxes for those making a million dollars a year or more.
Some conservatives, including the Wall Street Journal’s editorial board, have disputed Mr. Buffett’s claim and called on him to release his tax returns.
Asked if he would do so at a conference in Laguna Niguel, Calif. Tuesday, Buffett told questioner Carol Loomis of Fortune Magazine to “ask the Journal’s boss Rupert Murdoch,”according to TheWrap.com. Murdoch is the chairman of News Corp., which owns Fox, the Journal and a host of other media outlets.
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