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CTyankee

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2. Two things here: one is Buffet. I think he understands that the larger issue is VERY much in
Mon Mar 26, 2012, 09:16 AM
Mar 2012

HIS self interest: the preservation of democracy. He sees that his wealth was as a result of living in a democracy that was paid for by taxes and that is important. He is just not selfish.

As for deeply held religious beliefs, for those believers that too trumps what we may consider the "greater good." And I am deeply pro-choice and will be til the day I die.

When I consider the issue, I consider things related directly to one's well being in society. Economic issues that have direct bearing on one's economic situation.

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