The name sake of President Obama's famed "Buffett Rule" apparently has some qualms with it. While appearing on CNBC's Squawk on the Street Buffet squabbled over the details of the plan and outlined a much less expansive plan that he prefers. He also refused to discuss whether or not he fully supports the President's proposed job plan.
Ouch.
Of course this isn't the first time that holding up Warren Buffett as a leader of the left's class war has come back to bite them. In fact, it was less than two months ago that Warren Buffett appeared on CNBC and smacked down the last liberal class warfare meme of the moment. Remember that whole "corporate jet owners are evil rich people who don't pay taxes thing"? Here's what Buffett had to say about that:
Frankly, I can't wait for the next liberal class warfare meme du jour to pop up so Warren Buffet can go on CNBC and criticize it. After all who doesn't love a little schadenfreude?