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The Facts About ‘Fat Cats’

Posted on April 19, 2012

Even though we are serious-minded fact-checkers, we are not completely without humor, and MoveOn.org’s latest TV ad on “fat cats” and the “Buffett Rule” is pretty funny. But the ad may leave an im-purr-fect impression. One that’s off by more than a whisker. The TV ad says, “President Obama’s Buffett …
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She’s No ‘Buffett’s Secretary’

Posted on October 3, 2011 , Corrected on October 6, 2011

A liberal group’s TV spot features a working mother who says she’s like “Warren Buffett’s secretary” and pays higher tax rates than “many billionaires and millionaires.” Not quite. With her $40,000 income and three kids, she’d actually pay a far lower rate than Buffett says he paid on his income. …
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