Monday, November 26, 2012

Buffett Tells It Like It Is: Higher Taxes Won't Stop Smart Investors



           
Billionaire Warren Buffett says it's foolish to let higher taxes stop you from following a good investment idea. He's right.

From Forbes: Warren Buffett this morning rightly scolds the whiny. Complaints about the possibility of higher taxes next year border on idiotic. The savviest investors will put money to work.  Buffett asks you to imagine a scenario: A smart investor presents an idea. Perhaps it’s Buffett himself suggesting you also buy JPMorgan Chase or Party City or whatever. Will you really demur—and pass up such an opportunity because of those increased levies? Only the foolish would.

“Let’s forget about the rich and ultrarich going on strike and stuffing their ample funds under their mattresses if — gasp — capital gains rates and ordinary income rates are increased,” Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, writes in a New York Times op-ed. “The ultrarich, including me, will forever pursue investment opportunities”

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