tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139098689654887986.post7909927332722031571..comments2008-02-15T16:23:05.549-08:00Comments on Archive Honey's Bob Brinker Beehive Buzz Archive: Bob Brinker's Moneytalk Summary, November 17-18, 2007Kirk Lindstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907286927383718834noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139098689654887986.post-66911303978171589272007-11-23T08:07:00.000-08:002007-11-23T08:07:00.000-08:00(Post content edited at author's request).Jeffchri...(Post content edited at author's request)<BR/>.<BR/>Jeffchristie wrote:<BR/>.<BR/>Honey<BR/><BR/>One of the things that Bob Brinker failed to do was show that Warren Buffets argument for the estate tax doesn't hold water. If I were on that senate committee I would have ask him this..<BR/><BR/>Thank you Mr. Buffet for appearing here today. We all know how valuable your time is. I would like to Honeybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17875564144642430272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139098689654887986.post-52783076074844420432007-11-21T13:57:00.000-08:002007-11-21T13:57:00.000-08:00AmbroseIt is you and Mr. Buffet who should be asha...Ambrose<BR/><BR/>It is you and Mr. Buffet who should be ashamed. The idea of an estate tax would be a call to arms for the founding fathers of this nation. It is that type of government tyranny that caused them to break away from England. One of the last things they would want to see is their family farms being sold in order to pay an estate tax.<BR/><BR/>As to Mr. Buffet being a hypocrite Bob jeffchristiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14639135093976392475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139098689654887986.post-58263904188416993632007-11-21T13:13:00.000-08:002007-11-21T13:13:00.000-08:00Pretty much everyone dislikes paying taxes, myself...Pretty much everyone dislikes paying taxes, myself included. But for all the services that the electorate demands, i.e.,<BR/><BR/>$586.1 billion - Social Security<BR/>$548.8 billion - Defense<BR/>$394.5 billion - Medicare<BR/>$367.0 billion - Unemployment and welfare<BR/>$276.4 billion - Medicaid and other health related<BR/>$243.7 billion - Interest on debt<BR/>...<BR/><A HREF="http://Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08635360760744356704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139098689654887986.post-28197230108280440452007-11-21T12:54:00.000-08:002007-11-21T12:54:00.000-08:00I'm sorry. I meant "does NOT mean..." in the prev...I'm sorry. I meant "does NOT mean..." in the previous comment. <BR/><BR/>This is quite a difference, and i apologize for the typo!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04390456225746716880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139098689654887986.post-91891218564410287972007-11-21T12:45:00.000-08:002007-11-21T12:45:00.000-08:00Charitable foundations certainly CAN BE "dynasties...Charitable foundations certainly CAN BE "dynasties," if they have the money, and therefore the power (choice) of how and where and when to use that money. <BR/><BR/>The Bill & Linda Gates Foundation decides what to do w/ the money, so what is wrong with others deciding what to do w/ their OWN money? It's theirs! They should have the right to decide where it goes, tax free as well! IF not, thenUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04390456225746716880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139098689654887986.post-80500840765529826342007-11-21T10:50:00.000-08:002007-11-21T10:50:00.000-08:00Hi John and welcome!I'm certainly glad to hear tha...Hi John and welcome!<BR/><BR/>I'm certainly glad to hear that your enjoy the summaries. <BR/><BR/>And thank you for weighing in on the Buffett debate. I guess you and I could agree that Buffett can do whatever he wants to do with his money. I just happen to want everyone to be able to do that and have money left over to give to "family foundations." <BR/><BR/>However when you said: <B>"Warren Honeybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17875564144642430272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139098689654887986.post-36686288842243882652007-11-21T10:32:00.000-08:002007-11-21T10:32:00.000-08:00Warren Buffett is the world's second richest man a...Warren Buffett is the world's second richest man and one of the greatest philanthropists ever known to mankind.<BR/><BR/>He has made it abundantly clear that he intends to give away virtually his entire fortune to benefit the needy.<BR/><BR/>For an internet loudmouth to call Buffett a hypocrite and a snake because he favors the death tax is despicable and beneath contempt.<BR/><BR/>Mr. Christie Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05785610986375985638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139098689654887986.post-69014066573138728702007-11-21T10:30:00.000-08:002007-11-21T10:30:00.000-08:00Thanks for taking the time to write up the summary...Thanks for taking the time to write up the summary of Bob's show.<BR/><BR/>I must disagree with your criticism of Warren Buffett on the Estate Tax, however. Choosing to donate to charity is not at all the same as "keeping it in the family", and a charitable foundation is certainly not a "dynasty".<BR/><BR/>Warren Buffett is not a hypocrite.<BR/>He is concerned about ensuring equality of Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08635360760744356704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139098689654887986.post-39884507617155885212007-11-21T09:44:00.000-08:002007-11-21T09:44:00.000-08:00Tossit,Thanks again for your interesting comments....Tossit,<BR/><BR/>Thanks again for your interesting comments. I hope you don't feel picked on because you are outnumbered. 8^) Diverse opinions are always welcome here.<BR/>.<BR/>I tried to watch the video at the link you posted, but it would not work. Would you try to post it again?<BR/>.Honeybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17875564144642430272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139098689654887986.post-61313573413188645972007-11-21T09:39:00.000-08:002007-11-21T09:39:00.000-08:00Jeffchristie,Thanks for your comments. You certain...Jeffchristie,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comments. You certainly drilled down to the crux of the "Buffett" agenda.<BR/><BR/>Happy Thanksgiving... 8^)Honeybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17875564144642430272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139098689654887986.post-42629662013444254772007-11-21T09:36:00.000-08:002007-11-21T09:36:00.000-08:00Hi Thoughtsofagenius,Thank you..."Christine" myste...Hi Thoughtsofagenius,<BR/><BR/>Thank you..."Christine" mystery solved! 8^) <BR/><BR/> I really enjoyed reading your comments about Hillary and thanks for posting the link to your article. VERY INTERESTING!! <BR/><BR/>And about Buffett: I wholeheartedly agree with you and like you, I don't understand how anyone could think that he is not just another limousine liberal who wants to tell others Honeybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17875564144642430272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139098689654887986.post-77531882628807584512007-11-21T09:25:00.000-08:002007-11-21T09:25:00.000-08:00Noto...I do not subscribe to Moneytalk on Demand. ...Noto...I do not subscribe to Moneytalk on Demand. KGO now offers free downloads of the program. <BR/>.<BR/>However, it seems odd that the opening monologues would be edited out. Do you have any ideas why that might have happened?Honeybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17875564144642430272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139098689654887986.post-34236388791443745192007-11-21T03:56:00.000-08:002007-11-21T03:56:00.000-08:00Warren Buffet is a hypocrite working in his own se...Warren Buffet is a hypocrite working in his own self interest. Who profits from the estate tax? 1. Government. 2. Life insurance companies. Yes wealth people purchase huge amounts of life insurance to pay their estate taxes. Guess what business Warren Buffet is in. That's right insurance. The man is a snake just like Bob Brinker. <BR/><BR/>http://www.brkdirect.com/message.htmjeffchristiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14639135093976392475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139098689654887986.post-8763275768364648542007-11-20T14:05:00.000-08:002007-11-20T14:05:00.000-08:00noto, Last week the opening dialogue was missing ...noto, <BR/><BR/>Last week the opening dialogue was missing in the one hour downloads but it was on the 3 hour download.<BR/><BR/>I didn’t notice it was missing this week. I’ll have to see about that.TossIthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01497634713035279388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139098689654887986.post-44939773917381652792007-11-20T14:03:00.000-08:002007-11-20T14:03:00.000-08:00Buffett stance on estate taxes is the complete opp...Buffett stance on estate taxes is the complete opposite of a socialist. He wants to reward people who will increased productivity. He doesn’t think kids of the super rich parents should be rewarded with vast wealth because there is no indication that they will increase productivity like their parents did. <BR/><BR/>Buffett believes the sons and granddaughters of the super rich shouldn’t be TossIthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01497634713035279388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139098689654887986.post-83829665086842714382007-11-20T13:28:00.000-08:002007-11-20T13:28:00.000-08:00For the past two weeks, Moneytalk on Demand has ed...For the past two weeks, Moneytalk on Demand has edited out Bob's opening monologue on the Saturday show. Has anyone else noticed this?Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948464195800250267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139098689654887986.post-10998002246960340682007-11-20T11:55:00.000-08:002007-11-20T11:55:00.000-08:00Hillary Diane Evita Christine Rodham Clinton” (tha...<I>Hillary Diane Evita Christine Rodham Clinton” (that is Brinker’s title for Hillary—I do not know where he gets the “Christine”) did not agree with Obama. </I><BR/><BR/>Honey Bee - Bob Brinker gets the Christine from the newly elected Christine Kirchner from Argentina, a Peronista. She will enact the same populist policies that her predecessor Evita Peron enacted. Christine is actually the Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04232302045817683532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139098689654887986.post-53433932434759982542007-11-20T10:08:00.000-08:002007-11-20T10:08:00.000-08:00Tossit said: "Buffett just doesn't want to create ...Tossit said: <I>"Buffett just doesn't want to create generation after generation of people who never have to work...............just so long as they didn't pass a ton of wealth down so his/her great great grandkids never had to work."</I><BR/><BR/>Hi Tossit,<BR/><BR/>Is it your understanding that Buffett is not leaving $millions (more likely $billions) to his children/grandchildren?Honeybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17875564144642430272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139098689654887986.post-31886607388279080892007-11-20T10:02:00.000-08:002007-11-20T10:02:00.000-08:00Bobby,Yep, Brinker's market-talk was pretty much l...Bobby,<BR/><BR/>Yep, Brinker's market-talk was pretty much like it was last week.<BR/><BR/>So do you think he will get his "mojo" back?Honeybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17875564144642430272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139098689654887986.post-91187078408726384562007-11-19T12:33:00.000-08:002007-11-19T12:33:00.000-08:00Great summary of the Saturday show. I don't quite...Great summary of the Saturday show. <BR/><BR/>I don't quite understand comments I hear from Honeybee and others who imply Buffett is trying to pull a fast one by donating his money while, at the same time, saying there should be an estate tax so we don't have generations of trust fund babies. <BR/><BR/>Anyone can donate their money while they are alive and avoid the estate tax.<BR/><BR/>I am TossIthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01497634713035279388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139098689654887986.post-20302220927176519452007-11-19T08:24:00.000-08:002007-11-19T08:24:00.000-08:00Bob sounds a lot less bullish than he did a week a...Bob sounds a lot less bullish than he did a week ago!!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13233888632431102738noreply@blogger.com