>If Warren Buffet REALLY wanted to pay more taxes, all he would have to do is write a check to the US Government and voila, more taxes paid!

Actually, I don't think this is so. AFAIK, the US gov't. has no provisions for accepting donations.

Buffett is right that the rich pay far too little in taxes. I was listening to an interesting interview yesterday about CEO pay, which is totally out-of-line with the pay scale of the folks who actually make the widgets. People getting paid hundreds of millions of dollars a year. Ridiculous.

Tamar