Monday, June 26, 2006

“Watch What Mr. Buffet Does, Not What He Says”

Here’s a great Buffett editorial from today’s New York Sun.

“…As an avowed supporter of the estate tax, Mr. Buffett could have let the government take its share of his estate after he dies. But just as Mr. Buffett has accumulated his vast wealth without paying much personal income tax, he has found a way to avoid the tax man in this maneuver as well, even writing in his letter to Bill and Melinda Gates that a condition of the gift is that the foundation "must continue to satisfy legal requirements qualifying my gifts as charitable and not subject to gift or other taxes."

On the estate tax, watch what Mr. Buffett does, not what he says….”


Need I say more?