The White House may have called and asked Warren Buffett’s permission to use his name to help push their latest round of tax hikes, but apparently they failed to brief him on the actual plan.
In an interview with CNBC this morning, Buffett said that Counselor to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner did call him and ask his permission to use his name for President Obama’s new tax policy. But when pressed on whether he supported Obama’s Buffett Rule, Buffett declined:
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