Obama Phones Billionaire Namesake of His Tax Plan
Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters on Air Force One that President Obama phoned billionaire Warren Buffett this morning to wish him well.
Buffett was diagnosed with stage 1 prostate cancer and will be treated in the coming months. Buffett told shareholders in his company Tuesday that the condition was not life-threatening.
Obama's tax plan, the Buffett Rule, failed in a Senate vote this week. The Buffett Rule would have made certain that anyone making over $1 million would be subject to a minimum 30 percent tax. It was inspired by the notion that Buffett's secretary paid a higher percentage in tax than the billionaire did.