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Public Accountability vs. Private Privilege

By Colin Greer on March 24, 2009

On NY1's "Road to City Hall" the other day, I listened to former New York senator Alfonse D'Amato, former mayor Ed Koch, and former Comptroller Carl McCall, recently agreeing that there was no difference between billionaire Michael Bloomberg's use of personal money in his mayoral campaign in New York, and Obama's use of private fundraising activity during his campaign.

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Title: Thinking About “The Buffett Rule”

Name: Colin Greer

Post date: May 1 2012 - 14:12

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It was useful for Warren Buffett to bring his iconic power to bear on the gross inequalities in the American tax system. But his willingness to pay more in taxes, which he shares with many progressives with considerable wealth, is in fact a declaration of solidarity with the needs of all other Americans.

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