Warren Buffett is often

[CA renter]

Warren Buffett is often referring to capital gains tax and the 15% cap on dividends and LT gains. He’s said it should be taxed at the same rate as earned income.

Also, advocating for a progressive tax is NOT advocating for 100% taxation on wages.

The question is whether or not concentrating wealth in fewer hands is a good thing for a society. Show me ONE country that has low/no taxes and is prosperous. I can show you many countries that have high tax rates and have the best healhtcare, life expectancies, literacy rates, lowest poverty rates, etc.
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Life expectancies (if you’re trying to find the U.S., look next to #47):

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2102rank.html

Literacy rates:

http://www.indexmundi.com/g/r.aspx?t=10&v=39

Poverty rates (interesting, as it looks like mixed results):

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/eco_pop_bel_pov_lin-economy-population-below-poverty-line

Current account balances (guess who’s worst!!!):

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2187rank.html

Quality of living survey (looks like “higher taxes” win here, too):

http://www.finfacts.ie/qualityoflife.htm