Buffet strikes back.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/212749-buffett-derides-christie-write-a-check-and-shut-up-comments-as-touching-response-to-debt-crisisBillionaire investor Warren Buffett fired back in an increasingly contentious war of words with Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.) Monday, sarcastically calling the governor's suggestion he "just write a check and shut up" a "touching response."
“It’s sort of a touching response to a $1.2 trillion deficit, isn’t it? That somehow the American people will all send in checks and take care of it?” Buffett said in an interview on CNBC.
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Monday, Buffett said Christie's comments were not "eloquent" and largely parroted a similar call from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
“It’s sort of astounding to me that somebody that has the responsibility for being the minority leader in the Senate would think that you attack a $1.2 trillion or so deficit by asking for voluntary contributions,” Buffett said.
Last month, Buffett said he would match any contributions congressional Republicans made to the U.S. Treasury — and triple any donations made by McConnell personally.
"I offered to triple his. But that’s a sideshow. The real problem we have is we’re taking in too little money and we’re spending too much. And that’s not going to be solved by voluntary contributions," Buffett said on CNBC.
