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5/6/12 - Omaha World Herald: Some shareholders hope Buffett gets off his soapbox - Others don't
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4/16/12 - Entrepreneur: What the 'Buffett Rule' Means to Small-Business Owners: Not Much
4/16/12 - National Journal: Some Businesses, Millionaires Calling for Buffett Rule
4/13/12 - The Hill: Groups, Van Hollen, urge Congress to scrap Cantor tax bill
4/12/12 - Huffington Post: Tax Havens Report: Small Businesses Pay The Price For Big Corporations
4/12/12 - Marketplace Radio: Small business owners on the Buffett Rule
4/11/12 - UPI: Small business groups back Buffett Rule
4/10/12 - CNBC: Just Like Old Times: Obama, Bush Talk Taxes
4/10/12 - Baltimore Sun: Scott Klinger, The Rotten Apple in the Tax Barrel
4/9/12 - Washington Post: Joseph Rotella, Let’s end tax cuts and get corporations to pay their fair share
3/30/12 - CBS News: Small business owners mixed over health care law
3/29/12 - Inside Business: Scott Klinger, Corporations pay less than Buffett and Romney
3/16/12 - Small Business Opportunities: Small Biz Owners Say Big Biz Not Paying Fair Tax Share
3/12/12 - St. Louis Business Journal: Prince spins on small business lending options
3/2/12
CBS News: Many small business owners favor "Buffett rule"
By Alain Sherter
CBS News, Feb 8 2012
(MoneyWatch) COMMENTARY The business community is dead-set against raising taxes on the rich, right? Sorry, trick question. It's fallacious to think that there is single, monolithic bloc of company owners and managers out there all singing from the same economic hymnal.
Many small businesses, in contrast to U.S. multinationals, largely back the so-called Buffett rule, a plan made famous (or infamous) by legendary investor Warren Buffet that would hike tax rates on top income-earners, according to a new survey.
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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505143_162-57373224/many-small-business-owners-favor-buffett-rule/
